Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
AL PACINOTake a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for ‘Scent of a Woman.’ It was a new feeling. I’d never felt it.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Here in these films [Salome the play and Salomaybe], I have the opportunity to say something about how I feel about things.
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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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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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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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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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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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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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