When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I’m going to do a big scene that’s dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
AL PACINOThere’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There’s a liberation in that.
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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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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
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We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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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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Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
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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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We were doing Scarface many years ago…and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean.
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My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
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A lot of acting is private time.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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