The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
AL PACINOI love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
More Al Pacino Quotes
-
-
I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
AL PACINO -
I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it’s hard for me to discern. I don’t like what it’s doing to the world.
AL PACINO -
There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
AL PACINO -
I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
AL PACINO -
It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
AL PACINO -
I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
AL PACINO -
The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
AL PACINO -
There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
AL PACINO -
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.
AL PACINO -
What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
AL PACINO -
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.
AL PACINO -
I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.
AL PACINO -
Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
AL PACINO -
There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, “Hey, I have to stop this silliness.”
AL PACINO -
Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
AL PACINO