A biography for Al Pacinohasn’t been written yet.
“It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.”
“I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running - fleeing - to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.”
“I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.”
“Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'”
“I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.”
“I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention.”
“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.”
“My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.”
“I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.”
“My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.”
“נוכחותו של פצ'ינו יכולה לשנות מצב צבירה... היכולת של האיש להפוך דמות סכמטית ומטושטשת למשהו ייחודי, האמינות והרגש שהוא שם על המסך.”
“אתם רוצים לשחק קשוח? אוקיי. תגידו שלום לחבר הקטן שלי!”
“אתה חושב שאתה גדול? אתה הולך פאקינג למות בגדול. הנה בא הכאב!”
“אל תגיד לי שאתה חף מפשע, כי זה מעליב את האינטליגנציה שלי ומכעיס אותי מאוד.”
“אל תתפוס יותר מדי ביטחון. לא משנה עד כמה אתה טוב, לעולם אל תמשוך אליך תשומת לב.”
“אני עושה סקס עם גברים. אבל בניגוד לכל גבר אחר שעושה את זה, אני מביא את הבחור שאני דופק לבית הלבן, והנשיא רייגן מחייך אליו ולוחץ את ידו.”