"The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear."
— Al Pacino
The Hardest Thing About Being Famous
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.
About this quote
Pacino gave this observation in an interview with The Independent in 1996. The point — that celebrity insulates people from honest feedback — is one Pacino has returned to in multiple conversations about the hazards of fame. He has described surrounding himself with people who knew him before his success as essential to staying grounded and maintaining an honest self-assessment as an actor.
Source
Interview