My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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More Al Pacino Quotes
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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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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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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