My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
AL PACINOMy own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.
AL PACINOI hope the perception is that I’m an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
AL PACINOI’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope.
AL PACINOIt 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.
AL PACINOI do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.
AL PACINO“What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them.
AL PACINOI don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
AL PACINOYou’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
AL PACINOI was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
AL PACINOWhen you perform with a live audience, the audience comes back to you.
AL PACINOThere has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.
AL PACINOSo I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
AL PACINOThe whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
AL PACINOIt’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.
AL PACINOI don’t feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there’s something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go.
AL PACINOI’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.
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