Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
AL PACINOLove is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
More Al Pacino Quotes
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Either I act or I die.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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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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“To be or not to be is” [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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I thought it was time to show some of it, to show some of my feelings about things and what I preferred at the time. I prefer them still but not to the extent I did at the time.
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I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it’s probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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