- By Al Pacino
"I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools."
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If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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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. They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless. I've been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That's the stuff my dreams are made of.
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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 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.
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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To be or not to be is [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend. 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 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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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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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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