The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
AL PACINO[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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