Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all the stage directions.
AL PACINOOn any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is — can you win or lose like a man?
More Al Pacino Quotes
-
-
I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
AL PACINO -
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.
AL PACINO -
Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.
AL PACINO -
I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.
AL PACINO -
When I was doing ‘Scarface,’ I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time.
AL PACINO -
I didn’t want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally – Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least,
AL PACINO -
I come from the South Bronx – a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
AL PACINO -
Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
AL PACINO -
Without coffee something’s missing
AL PACINO -
What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
AL PACINO -
I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
AL PACINO -
I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
AL PACINO -
I 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 PACINO -
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
AL PACINO -
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.
AL PACINO