My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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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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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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My movies are always being played on television, I’m very well known and all that stuff.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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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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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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