Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
AL PACINOThe truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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