I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
AL PACINOReally, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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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.”
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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