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“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
― Al Pacino

“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 you love…
a man, a woman, what have you…
it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.”
― Al Pacino, Al Pacino

“You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.”
― Al Pacino

“It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly”
― Al Pacino

“The World Is Yours”
― Al Pacino

“Women! What can you say? Who made 'em? God must have been a fuckin' genius. The hair... They say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips... and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert.”
― Al Pacino

“sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know”
― Al Pacino

“Vanity is my favourite sin.”
― Al Pacino

“If you get all tangled up, just tango on.”
― Al Pacino in Scent of Woman

“There is no happiness. There is only concentration.”
― Al Pacino

“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 they're the same thing.”
― Al Pacino

“Attica! Attica! Attica!”
― Al Pacino

“Women! What can you say? Who made 'em? The hair... They say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips... and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert. Tits. Hoo-ah! Big ones, little ones, nipples staring right out at ya, like secret searchlights. Mmm. Legs. I don't care if they're Greek columns... or secondhand Steinways. What's between 'em... passport to heaven. I need a drink. Yes, Mr Sims, there's only two syllables in this whole wide world worth hearing: pussy. Hah! Are you listenin' to me, son? I'm givin' ya pearls here.”
― Al Pacino in Scent of Woman

“It's easy to fool the eye, but it's hard to fool the heart.”
― Al Pacino

“- Виждаш ли се като образ на Достоевски?
- Вече не. Преди няколко години – определено. Сега май съм по-скоро чеховски герой. Израсъл съм в компанията на мнозина различни писатели – от Балзак до Шекспир. Известно ми е, че съм продукт на улицата, лишен от систематизирано образование, но аз чета много, а руските писатели са ония, които истински ми допадат. Четенето ми спаси живота.”
― Al Pacino, Al Pacino

“Когда все получается, ты перестаешь хвастаться и доказывать это окружающим. Когда ты сильный, ты становишься спокойнее и не лезешь в драку. Когда любишь по настоящему, то перестаешь кричать об этом. Человек становится самодостаточным лишь тогда, когда он уверен в себе и знает на что способен сам, а не заставляет других поверить в это.”
― Al Pacino

“As I found out in Hollywood, sometimes not wanting something is the best way of getting it.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“I think back to that moment and I realize that I’m still here because of my mother. Of course that’s who I have to thank, and I never thanked her for it. She’s the one who kept a lid on all of this, who parried me away from the path that led to delinquency, danger, and violence, to the needle, that lethal delight called heroin that killed my three closest friends. Petey, Cliffy, Bruce—they all died from drugs. I was not exactly under strict surveillance, but my mother paid attention to where I was in a way that my friends’ families didn’t, and we all knew it. I believe she saved my life.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy

“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“It makes you want to take a lesson from Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor, who had a guy who would stand next to him in this chariot so that when the crowds were cheering for him, the guy next to him would say, "Remember, you're only a man. You're only a man.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy

“I have always liked women, but from the time I was very young, I have been shy around them. I don’t woo them. I don’t pursue them. Women either respond to you or they don’t, and if they don’t make the first move toward me, I am a bit reluctant to try again. But with Diane this time things were different. We always had a connection. She understood my read on things, and it felt comforting to have someone who got me. So I went after her. We hung out together, and after a couple of months we decided to get together. We found a tempo and a temperature that was right.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy

“It was threatening. Brando had become part of a triumvirate of actors, along with Montgomery Clift and James Dean. Clift had the beauty and the soul, the vulnerability. Dean was like a sonnet, compact and economical, able to do so much with the merest gesture or nuance. And if Dean was a sonnet, then Brando was an epic poem. He had the looks. He had the charisma. He had the talent.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“Marlon showed me generosity, too, but I don't think he saved it all for me, because he shared it with the audience. It's what made his performance so memorable and so endearing. We all fantasize about having someone like Don Vito we can turn to. So many people are abused in this life, but if you've got a Godfather, you've got someone you can go to, and they will take care of it. That's why people responded to him in the film. It was more than just the bravado and the boldness; it was the humanity underneath it. That's why he had to play Vito larger than life- his physical size, the shoe polish in his hair, the cotton in his cheeks. His Godfather had to be an icon, and Brando made him as iconic as Citizen Kane or Superman, Julius Caesar or George Washington. p124”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy

“everywhere you go, people know that you’ve accomplished something special, and they treat you that way, for about a week. I guess that’s why we have these holidays like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. We need to be patted on the back, something worthwhile in all that we go through.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“Fame, as my friend Heathcote Williams said, is the perversion of the natural human instinct for validation and attention.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“I don’t do anything about a lot of things I should do something about.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“- Когато те разпознаят, вълнуват ли се хората?
- Стават особени – така бих се изразил. Гледам напълно нормални хора, понякога високо интелигентни, излъчващи усещане за силно присъствие и изтънчена чувствителност. Но заставаш пред тях и всичко това заминава. Познават те и оглупяват. За миг. После отново се връщат към нормалния си облик. Но е много особено.
Цялата работа при звездите … е като… издигат те накъде нагоре и ставаш звезда, сетне суперзвезда. Какво ще рече това? Че си някъде горе, извън останалите. Това може да се окаже тъжно.”
― Al Pacino, Al Pacino

“A New Yorker anywhere outside of New York is an alien.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy

“This life is a dream, as Shakespeare says. I think the saddest part about dying is that you lose your memories. Memories are like wings: they keep you flying, like a bird on the wind. If I’m lucky enough, if I get to heaven perhaps I’ll get to reunite with my mother there. All I want is the chance to walk up to her, look in her eyes, and simply say, “Hey, Ma, see what happened to me?”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“Люди забираются в дерьмо,что бы научиться из него выходить.”
― Al Pacino