The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
AL PACINOWhen you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I haven’t encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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sometimes it’s better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn’t know
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
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At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.
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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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I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.
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I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.
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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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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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There are a couple of times I would’ve liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.
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All I am is what I’m going after.
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I don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
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