I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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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.
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I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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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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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 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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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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