It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.
AL PACINOThe hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be,
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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I didn’t go for the needle at all. I never cared for drugs, because I saw what they did to most people. I thought that was the end of the road.
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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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Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I’ve had close relationships with.
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What’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
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I’m naturally shy but I’ve done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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When you’re acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.
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Early on in my career, I remember running – fleeing – to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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