It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
AL PACINOI went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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