I 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 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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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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Any project that I find encouraging that isn’t attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about 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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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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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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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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