I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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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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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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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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A lot of acting is private time.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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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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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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