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.
The story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I’m struggling with.
I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theatre usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
![Al Pacino Quote - I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-think-what-you-see-in-salome-the-play-backstage--683x1024.jpg)
![Al Pacino Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/it-was-a-compromise-there-was-a-sense-that-i-could-683x1024.jpg)
