I can see [ talent or curiosity for acting] in my oldest daughter [Julia Marie Pacino]. I don’t know how long she’ll run away from it, but it’s there in her.
AL PACINOI understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn’t want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
More Al Pacino Quotes
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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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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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Without coffee something’s missing
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I didn’t want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it’s OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.
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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 always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.
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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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I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath – whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
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I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, “No, I’m a Pacino. That’s my name.”
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You’ll never be alone if you’ve got a book.
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I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.
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