Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
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