I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
AL PACINOYou need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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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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I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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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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