I 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 PACINOThat’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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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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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Either I act or I die.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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I 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.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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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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