Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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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’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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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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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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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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