Vanity: my favorite sin.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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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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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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