I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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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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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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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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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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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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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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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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