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Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.

Al Pacino

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Al Pacino
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 25
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Manhattan borough
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Alfredo James Pacino
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