There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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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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 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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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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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 put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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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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