I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
AL PACINOAny 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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