Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
AL PACINO[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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That’s where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that’s what I like. I’ve always felt that’s what I would like to do.
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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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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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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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Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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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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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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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.
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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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