You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
AL PACINOIf something is working, don’t fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.
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I used to think of myself as a comedian. I’ve always admired comedians.
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If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it’s just great fodder for you. It’s wonderful source stuff that we die for.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work.
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A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don’t trust reading the scripts that much.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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We live in a world where the more you’re working, the more things you do. It’s a workaday world.
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I probably write a poem every 50 years.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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Jamie 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.
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Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse
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Our life is looking forward or looking back, that’s it. Where is the moment?
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