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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.

Al Pacino

[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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Ballplayer Be Film Four Great Want
I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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Destroy Make Out Paint Something Soon Unconscious
I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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Back Cop Deal Escape Happen My Responsibility Stage Success Way
It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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Anyway Character Hard Like Play Something
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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Ask Change Daughter Name Oldest Once School Thought
I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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Loud Movie Play Read Record Script Some Together
I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Being Celebrity Country Kind never Position Thing Unnatural Weight Word
If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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All Get Just Tangled Tango
We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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Ago Beach Coffee Hundred Ocean People Remember Saw Scarface
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.
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Day Everything Home Life Picture Problem Really Remember Say Shed
Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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Alive Come Director Great Pace Scene Stag Understand Way
I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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Ask College Film Get Great Home Location Music People Person Restaurant Therapy
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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Actor Boil Insecurity Keep Need Pot Retirement Some Start Thin Think
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Actor Ask Basically Feel Gratify Matter Natural Position Sit Something Wait
When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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Audience Back Come Extraordinary Thing Giving Perform You

You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.

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