I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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Failure’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.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
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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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Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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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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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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