Al Pacino Biography

On acting:
“I’m an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.”

“No-one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don’t think I’m right for the part, but it would have been nice to have been asked.”

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

On himself:
“I don’t need bodyguards. I’m from the South Bronx.”

“My first language was shy. It’s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learnt to cope with my shyness.”

“My weaknesses….I wish I could come up with something. I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.”

“I was a kid when Dean came out. Dean was the inspiration . Even the red jacket he wore in “Rebel Without A Cause”, you saw that red jacket popping up all over the place. He really reached people in a way…he reached everybody.”

“I’d like to be remembered as the only man who lived to be 250 years old!”

On life:
“We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I don’t care if it’s a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath - whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.”

“It’s easy to fool the eye, but it’s hard to fool the heart.”