I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
AL PACINOOur life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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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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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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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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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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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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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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