And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
AL PACINODrinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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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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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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 do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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