What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
AL PACINOThere are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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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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Either I act or I die.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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After 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.
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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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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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