You could almost call them marriages, even though I didn’t marry. But it was costly.
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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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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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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I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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