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  • Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Misunderstood Quotes , Kind Quotes
  • To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq, you're going to get a sense of what the hell's going on there. Boy, you'll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Boys Quotes , Iraq Quotes
  • Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they're not used to? Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Opportunity Quotes , Play Quotes
  • I personally think if you're given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way, the play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There's no doubt in my mind about it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Play Quotes
  • The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work. And I didn't think about the material as much. But sometimes I've thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn't work out.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Work Out Quotes
  • 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.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Dream Quotes , Real Quotes