I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
AL PACINOExcept if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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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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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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