I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
My mom was a great influence on my life. A real encourager in terms of acting because she was an avid reader… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I personally think if you're given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Some of the roles that are challenging are more in theater and TV. In movies, there's a tendency to cast actors in… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn't want to do movies that much. I found they took a lot… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
My first language was shy. Its only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
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