At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
AL PACINOWe were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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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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Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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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 want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.
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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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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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