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From what films are the above two "poll quotes" stemming and referring to; I've heard both of the character lines out of context many times before, but I don't think I've actually ever seen each respective actor state their particular line (read as: don't believe I've seen either film where the quoted dialogue was uttered).
I was pondering something similar to this notion last night, when I could not compare to a reasonable degree of "like-levelness" any actor, today, who has as much an outstanding repetoir of great films and equally great character performances as the still-quite-young Leonardo DiCaprio. It got me on the track of comparing similar in-body and starting careers of actors throughout the decades, and this thread here is a coincidental continuation of what I was musing over last night.
If I were to vote, I'd say I like De Niro as an actor more, and could perhaps be enticed to view a seemingly-wretched new film venture of his (anything between '97-09, a la Showtime) just because he is in it, moreso than if Pacino were stated to be involved. That said, I really enjoyed Pacino more in the late-70s-to-mid-80s, and would give him the nod over De Niro in that era (though I'm not sure I would give him a vote there if we were just comparing the first eight years of each of these two illustrious actors careers).
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