Acting is hard work. At times, it’s very energizing and enervating.
AL PACINOI’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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I go all over the world, I have access to many things, many people, many places and it’s wonderful. But now I’m at a point where.
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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.
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Either I act or I die.
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I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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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 be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.
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You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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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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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.
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If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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