I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
AL PACINOThey cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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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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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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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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