I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
AL PACINOShakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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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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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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