Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
AL PACINOI’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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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 don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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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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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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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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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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