It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
AL PACINOI found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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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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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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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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