I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
AL PACINOI put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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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 try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there’s a movie.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.
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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
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I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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