I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
AL PACINOPretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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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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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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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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