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
I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Early on in my career,… — 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
I would say I am more concerned with the plays I'm going to do than the movies. I'm more comfortable in a… — 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