Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
AL PACINOMany years ago, in the late ’70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pieces of [William] Shakespeare and other writers that I admire.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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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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Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you’re going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
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You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
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I’m much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I’ve always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me.
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I’m sensing something and I’m going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted – Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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You’re going to get a sense of what the hell’s going on there. Boy, you’ll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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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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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom – it was almost overwhelming.
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I like, for instance, ‘Serpico.’ I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could – I could embody him. I could, you know.
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