Occupation: Film Actor Birth: April 25, 1940
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high..
The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going….
When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff….
Many years ago, in the late '70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where I got a lot of books and poetry and pie….
We're charlatans in a way, we're magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing th….
It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like..
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 ….
Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me..
Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'.
I never saw myself as a director. It's certainly a second language but making movies for 40 years, you pick stuff up. However, this style of making m….
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft..
There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer,….
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect ….
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth..
I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, "No, I'm a Pacino. That's my name." I ju….
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..
Without coffee something’s missing.
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 understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn't want to be told what to do. I had no ident….
I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to….
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I wou….