I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
AL PACINOI would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
AL PACINOI believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
AL PACINOYou’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
AL PACINOResponsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
AL PACINOIt used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
AL PACINOAfter looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
AL PACINOI come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
AL PACINOWaiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
AL PACINOIf I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
AL PACINOThe hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
AL PACINOI went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
AL PACINOI understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
AL PACINOPretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
AL PACINO[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
AL PACINOI understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
AL PACINOI didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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