I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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