The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
AL PACINOI am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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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.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
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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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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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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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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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