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 PACINOI’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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 hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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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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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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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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The interesting thing about this is I don’t know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.
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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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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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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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You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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