Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
AL PACINOI found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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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.
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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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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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In America most everybody who’s Italian is half Italian. Except me. I’m all Italian. I’m mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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Either I act or I die.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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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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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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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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