They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
AL PACINOIt’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Shakespeare’s plays are more violent than ‘Scarface.’
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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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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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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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 found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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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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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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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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