If something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
AL PACINOI 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I’ve never cared for guns. In fact, when I did ‘Scent of a Woman’ I had to learn how to assemble one.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I never saw myself as a director. It’s certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making movies, this documentary style, is easier for me because I gather a lot of material and with an editor, write it on screen. You try to write based on what you shot.
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I’m constantly striving to break through to something new.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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