[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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 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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