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Me Quotes by Al Pacino
- There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
- Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect…
- It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.
- I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running…
- It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in…
- Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a…
- My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe…
- The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a…
- In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan…
- Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.
- When I was doing 'Scarface,' I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so…
- When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take…
- At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can…
- I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could…
- It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt…
- 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…
- I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who…
- The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk…
- I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.
- Theater for me at one point was a lifestyle, too.
- No one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don't think I'm right for the part, but it would have been nice to be asked.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale