[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.
AL PACINOLearning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.
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I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.
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I’ ve won awards. And they didn’t make me feel bad winning them.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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