Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
AL PACINOThere are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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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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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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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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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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