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.
AL PACINOThe whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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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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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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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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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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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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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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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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 don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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