There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
AL PACINOI personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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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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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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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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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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