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
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
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
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
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
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
It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do. — 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
Francis Ford Coppola did this early on. You tape a movie, like a radio show, and you have the narrator read all… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth. — 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 went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.… — 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
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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