What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
AL PACINOI once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
More Al Pacino Quotes
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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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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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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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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Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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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 want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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Either I act or I die.
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