[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
AL PACINOShow me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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