I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
AL PACINOI didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
AL PACINOWhat 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.
AL PACINOYou’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
AL PACINOOne 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 PACINOI went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
AL PACINOLearning (Shakespeare’s plays) …in school was a bit of a bore.
AL PACINOJamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
AL PACINOI 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 PACINOSo I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
AL PACINOI destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
AL PACINOI don’t think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great.
AL PACINOEarly 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.
AL PACINOIf I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
AL PACINOWhat’s this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?
AL PACINOPeople are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
AL PACINOI don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.
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