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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.

Al Pacino

I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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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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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Favorite Sin Vanity
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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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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