Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
AL PACINOAfter 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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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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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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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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I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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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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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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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 personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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