The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
AL PACINOWe start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…
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Or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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What he does with it, that’s something else, but he’s got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that’s why he has endured.
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That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
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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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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.
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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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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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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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