Quotes by Al Pacino

About Al Pacino:

Alfredo James is an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker and screenwriter. Often considered by audiences and commentators to be one of the greatest actors of all time, Pacino's career spans more than fifty years, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the National Medal of Arts. He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".
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You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.

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When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get a...

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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmo...

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I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

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I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that...

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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.

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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

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The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to h...

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

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There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.

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I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.

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I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text...

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Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

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Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two or three performances when I even understand certain things. In the old days star actors would travel the world doing the same parts ove...

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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.

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It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.

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You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.

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Some of the roles that are challenging are more in theater and TV. In movies, there's a tendency to cast actors in roles that have been successful for them. It has to pay for itself.

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Author Bio

  • NameAl Pacino
  • DescriptionAmerican film and stage actor and director
  • BornApril 25, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Film Producer; Film Actor
  • AwardsGolden Globe Award For Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; BAFTA Award For Best Actor In A Leading Role; National Board Of Review Award For Best Supporting Actor; 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards; National Society Of Film Critics; American Film Institute; ; Academy Award For Best Actor; National Medal Of Arts; Donostia Award; Directors Guild Of America Award For Outstanding Directing – Documentaries; National Board Of Review Award For Best Actor; Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie; Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie; Tony Award For Best Featured Actor In A Play; Tony Award For Best Actor In A Play; Golden Globe Award For Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; Golden Globe Award For Best Actor – Miniseries Or Television Film; Golden Globe Award For Best Actor – Miniseries Or Television Film