I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
AL PACINO“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
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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 destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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