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.
AL PACINOThe only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.
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It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me.
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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.
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I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner – and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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Shakespeare is one of the reasons I’ve stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words.
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