It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
AL PACINODrinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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I hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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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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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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Grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God… and where can you go from there?
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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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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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