When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
AL PACINOLove is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
More Al Pacino Quotes
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That’s magical. He’s done a great thing.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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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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[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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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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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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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That’s par for the course.When you’re a movie star, it went with it. It’s a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
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I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
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