black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

Al Pacino

You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
AL PACINO

Actor Boil Insecurity Keep Need Pot Retirement Some Start Thin Think
Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
AL PACINO

Actor Author Feeling Joy Person Read Reason Stay
I’m more comfortable in a play. In film, there’s always a certain sense of control, of holding back.
AL PACINO

Back Certain Comfortable Control Film Hold More Play Sense
Many years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
AL PACINO

Book Coast College East Lot Person Poetry Present Show Tour Write Year
When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
AL PACINO

Act Back Camera Give Keep never Talk When
I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
AL PACINO

Cook First Friend Important Love Very Want Women
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 PACINO

Actor All Day Found Keep Later Lighter Serious Try Younger
There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
AL PACINO

Analyse Colossally Fail Failure Kind Learn Movie Something
They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
AL PACINO

Body Breath Die Know Last Leaver Name Once Person Say Twice
After looking at Salomaybe, I don’t know who the hell the real me is. I think it’s closest now to the real me because for one thing, I’m used to this.
AL PACINO

After Close Hell One Real Slomaybe Thing Think Use
I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
AL PACINO

Bodyguard Bronx Need South
I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
AL PACINO

Always Better Gift Good Idea Know Real Say
I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
AL PACINO

Actor Heart Help Hollywood Pool Shape Star Swim
They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
AL PACINO

Academy Award Bad Feel Good Made Pretty
It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
AL PACINO

Close Compromise Down Help Line Memoir Read Sense Some Write
If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
AL PACINO

Age Artist Day Hate One Painter Question

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Al Pacino Quotes