I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
AL PACINOThe only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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 come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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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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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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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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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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