What 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 PACINOWhen 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.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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I 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.
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Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?
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It’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.
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My weaknesses… I wish I could come up with something.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times.
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To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.
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When you’re reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call “taking up with a writer,” something happens.
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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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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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I don’t like what’s going on in Iraq, naturally. I’m part of a large majority of people who don’t, but I do not know the whole story.
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My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling – I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem.
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You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.
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[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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