I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. — 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
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 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
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
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
There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. 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
[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 Copy Share Image
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. — 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
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
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
I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type. — 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
Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big… — 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
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 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
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
Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar… — 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
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