All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
AL PACINOTo be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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When you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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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 found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
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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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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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