And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
AL PACINOAnd then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
AL PACINOMy own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
AL PACINOI used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
AL PACINOI’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
AL PACINOIf something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
AL PACINOWhen you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
AL PACINOThere has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
AL PACINOI 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.
AL PACINOI’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
AL PACINOMy children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
AL PACINOThe hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
AL PACINOI do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
AL PACINOMy best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
AL PACINOI 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.
AL PACINOThe stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
AL PACINOThere is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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