Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
AL PACINOThere are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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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 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.
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Actors are always outsiders. It’s necessary to be able to interpret – and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
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Either I act or I die.
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There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
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I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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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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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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