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Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.

Al Pacino

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Al Pacino
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 25
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Alfredo James Pacino
Acting
Diabolical
Times
Enriching
Also
Illuminating
Hard
Childish
Work
Bizarre
Joyful
Enervating
Responsible
Drab
Exciting
Energizing

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