The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
AL PACINOMy children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about 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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When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.
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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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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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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.
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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 believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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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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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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