Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacinois an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Pacino has had a career spanning 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 April 1940
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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.
A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
There is no happiness. There is only concentration.
That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
Love goes through different stages. But it endures.
Without coffee something’s missing
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.
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.
Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.
Either I act or I die.