I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
AL PACINOThere 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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I don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
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Either I act or I die.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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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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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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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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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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