I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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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All I am is what I’m going after.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
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I was watching Revolution, and the things I did in that picture, holy smokes! I can’t believe I did that, it’s like another person. It’s the thought of it, it’s just appalling to me.
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don ‘t take objection to it, because that’s the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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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 found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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