There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
AL PACINOAn actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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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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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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