The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
AL PACINOMy first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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