The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
AL PACINOThere is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don’t believe me when I tell them. That’s how I saw myself, in comedy.
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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The thing is doing it, that’s what it’s all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It’s a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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I’m not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I’ve always displayed.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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I’ve had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people.
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I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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I personally think if you’re given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way.
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