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"I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope."

— Al Pacino

I Was Not Prepared For Fame

I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.

— Al Pacino
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Pacino has spoken about the shock of his early fame in multiple interviews. He rose to international stardom almost overnight with The Godfather (1972), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, having previously been known only in New York theater circles. The transition from stage actor to global film icon was, by his own account, disorienting — a success for which neither his temperament nor his training had prepared him.

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Interview

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