I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
AL PACINOBeing the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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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.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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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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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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