I thought, what’s going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director.
AL PACINOResponsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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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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It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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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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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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