I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
AL PACINOI’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I 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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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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