I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
AL PACINOIt’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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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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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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There 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.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren’t different things.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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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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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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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’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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[Marlon] Brando’s a giant on every level. When he acts it’s as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.
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