It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
AL PACINOLove is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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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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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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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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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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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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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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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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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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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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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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