Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
AL PACINOBe careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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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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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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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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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’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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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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