I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I’ve decided there’s no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.
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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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You want to finally come to a point where you say that the women you’re with is also your friend.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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