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. Al Pacino More Quotes by Al Pacino More Quotes From Al Pacino When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it. Al Pacino actors serious trying I'm not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I've always displayed. I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we're very outgoing with our emotions. Al Pacino tradition italian emotion Either I act or I die. Al Pacino dies acting 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. Al Pacino baths truth-is needs 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. Al Pacino waiting-around morning fun I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person. Al Pacino expression philosophy looks 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 hear. Al Pacino crazy nice people The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires. When you're acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back. Al Pacino wire play giving I don't like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight...I've always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing. Al Pacino iraq kind weight I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high. Al Pacino levels art school Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it. Al Pacino fraud truth reality Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life. Al Pacino personal-life opinion 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. Al Pacino disappointment opportunity thinking It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do. Al Pacino i-realized acting It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like. Al Pacino would-be play character We were doing Scarface many years ago...and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw a hundred people looking out into the ocean. I thought, what's going on? Did some whale get washed up to shore? So I stood up on the table to see what it was, and it was the director, Brian De Palma, standing there alone by the surf and they were all waiting for him. And I never forgot that because it represented to me what a director is, what a director does. Al Pacino coffee ocean beach When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table. Al Pacino italian talking years I would say I am more concerned with the plays I'm going to do than the movies. I'm more comfortable in a play. In film, there's always a certain sense of control, of holding back. The stage is different ; there's more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through. Al Pacino demand different play Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse Al Pacino reputation littles men 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. Al Pacino illusion too-much character
