Al Pacino Quotes

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 Out Of You And They Were Exhausting For Me In A Lot Of Ways.

All Due Respect, And Trying To Be As Modest As I Can Be: I Am A Dancer.

Great Directors Can Understand The Staging In Such A Way That Can Make A Scene Come Alive. Others Have A Certain Way Of Pacing The Scene.

Learning (shakespeare's Plays) ...in School Was A Bit Of A Bore.

I' Ve Won Awards. And They Didn't Make Me Feel Bad Winning Them. They Made Me Feel Pretty Good. But It Also Did Not Make Me Feel Bad Not Winning The Academy Award.

An Actor Basically Likes To Be Asked To Do Something, No Matter What Position He's In. It Feels More Natural. Sitting And Waiting Is More Gratifying.

There Are A Lot Of Roles In Shakespeare, Basically. If I Feel That The Script Is A Movie, I Would Be Interested In Doing Any Role Of Shakespeare's.

I Went Back To The Stage Because It Was My Way Of Dealing With The Success I Had, My Way Of Coping. It Was A Way Of Escaping The Responsibilty Of What Was Happening.

That's Where Humour Lives For Me. In The Body. The Steve Martin Kind Of Stuff Or Jim Carrey, That's What I Like. I've Always Felt That's What I Would Like To Do.

At This Point In My Career, I Don't Have To Deal With Audition Rejections. So I Get My Rejection From Other Things. My Children Can Make Me Feel Rejected. They Can Humble You Pretty Quick.

I Wouldn't Be Interested In [nowadays] Television Simply Because I Think It Goes Too Fast. Except If Something Was Maybe A Play On Television Or Some Great Television Script.

I Personally Think If You're Given Four Months Instead Of Four Weeks On A Play, With The People Who Want To Work That Way, The Play Will Invariably Be Different And Stronger, And Much More Fulfilling And Richer On All Counts. There's No Doubt In My Mind About It.