Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
AL PACINOFailure’s relative. I’ve always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something’s not right about that. It’s how you treat failure, too.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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 wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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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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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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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.
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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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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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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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At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him.
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A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.
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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.
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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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