It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
AL PACINOExcept if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
More Al Pacino Quotes
-
-
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.
AL PACINO -
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
AL PACINO -
A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
AL PACINO -
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
AL PACINO -
The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
AL PACINO -
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 PACINO -
You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
AL PACINO -
I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
AL PACINO -
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.
AL PACINO -
I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
AL PACINO -
Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
AL PACINO -
I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
AL PACINO -
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.
AL PACINO -
I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
AL PACINO -
Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
AL PACINO