There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
AL PACINOI thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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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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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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You don’t get to know anybody in a movie until after it’s over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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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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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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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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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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