Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
AL PACINOI don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.
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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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I 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.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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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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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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Larry Grobel has the illness of all writers, he can’t help himself.
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