Actors Quotes by Al Pacino

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

— Al Pacino

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

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

— Al Pacino

[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they…

— Al Pacino

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

— Al Pacino

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

Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big…

— Al Pacino

One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea…

— Al Pacino

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

I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has…

— Al Pacino

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the…

— Al Pacino

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

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and…

— Al Pacino

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

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

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

Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There…

— Al Pacino

A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don't trust reading the scripts that much. I try to get…

— Al Pacino

There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And…

— Al Pacino

When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar…

— Al Pacino

There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where…

— Al Pacino

I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.

— Al Pacino

The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them…

— Al Pacino

I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.

— Al Pacino

Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.

— Al Pacino

When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that…

— Al Pacino