There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Al Pacino More Quotes by Al Pacino More Quotes From Al Pacino The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks. Al Pacino who-cares risk acting A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don't trust reading the scripts that much. I try to get some friends together and read a script aloud. Sometimes I read scripts and record them and play them back to see if there's a movie. It's very evocative; it's like a first cut because you hear 'She walked to the door,' and you visualize all these things. 'She opens the door' . . . because you read the stage directions, too. Al Pacino cutting reading doors Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition. Al Pacino auditions sometimes way 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 failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself? Al Pacino misunderstood failing kind I don't like what's going on in Iraq, naturally. I'm part of a large majority of people who don't, but I do not know the whole story. I do not believe what I see on television. I believe a percentage of it, so it's hard for me to discern. I don't like what it's doing to the world. Al Pacino iraq believe people A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion. Al Pacino passion kissing desire I don't regret anything. I feel like I've made what I would call mistakes. I picked the wrong movie, or I didn't pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it. Al Pacino regret mistake character Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you. Al Pacino let-me romantic-love hurt It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly Al Pacino merciful heal way We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world. Al Pacino world 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. Al Pacino who-cares way-to-live people There are a couple of times I would've liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once. Al Pacino couple mistake thinking 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, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become. Al Pacino scripts real helping When I was doing 'Scarface,' I remember being in love at that time. One of the few times in my life. And I was so glad it was at that time. I would come home and she would tell me about her life that day and all her problems and I remember saying to her, look, you really got me through this picture because I would shed everything when I came home. Al Pacino being-in-love home looks 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. Al Pacino italian half america The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall. Al Pacino fruit tree fall The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act. Al Pacino differences watches order I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. Al Pacino swimming stars heart I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner - and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused. Al Pacino dope confused real 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
