I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
AL PACINOI don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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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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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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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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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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