The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINOI went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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So that you and the audience are giving to each other, in a sense. It’s an extraordinary thing. It’s wild turf up there.
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Learning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
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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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If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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I’m an actor, and everything about me – the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world – has been in relation to characters and how I would want to play something or not play it.
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I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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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 always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Failure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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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.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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