black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

Al Pacino

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.
AL PACINO

Actor Fodder Great Meet Opportunity Someone Stuff You
All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
AL PACINO

Dancer Due Respect Try Modest
A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
AL PACINO

Desire Dessert Dollop Kiss Lusty Passion Savor Serve
I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
AL PACINO

Descendant Grew Integrate Life Melt MIxed Neighbourhood Pot Really Up
The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
AL PACINO

Before Fall Fruit Ready Shake Tree
Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
AL PACINO

After Dad Grandfather Maternal Mother Raise Real War
The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
AL PACINO

Before Express Get Guess Myself Problem Sense Talk With
Pretty soon I’ll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure.
AL PACINO

Children Exposure Name Pretty Soon Start Worry
Whether he’s doing great acting or not, you’re seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor.
AL PACINO

Act Actor Do Great See Somebody Tradition
It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
AL PACINO

Blunt Edge Ever Heal Merciful Slight Time Turn Way Wound
If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
AL PACINO

Empathize Identify People Therefore Thing Understand
It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
AL PACINO

Actor Become Influence Tremendous
It would be hard to play a character you don’t like – for me anyway – or can’t find something in them to like.
AL PACINO

Anyway Character Hard Like Play Something
We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
AL PACINO

Charlatan Experience Feel Long People Play Scene Stuff Way
I 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.
AL PACINO

Enjoy Frank Help Instance Like Play Real Script Serpico
You’re talking to him and all of a sudden, you say, “He’s puttin’ that in his cash register!”
AL PACINO

Cash Puttin Register Say Sudden Talk

An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Al Pacino Quotes