Al Pacino Quotes

“I don't know what I expected – no
maybe I do, Al Pacino from Scarface-
but this drug dealer is more like Al Pacino
at the beginning of The Godfather
reasonably bemused, untouched by his
criminal world, sitting with Diane Keaton
whispering about Luca Brazzi, not yet asleep
with the fishes, or like Al Pacino
from Glengarry Glen Ross, although actually,
now that I think about it, he's not
like Al Pacino at all but more like
Kevin Spacey from that film, and who's
ever been afraid of Kevin Spacey?”
― Jess Walter, The Financial Lives of the Poets

“I don't believe in God, I only believe in Al Pacino, and that's the truth.”
― Javier Bardem

“We tangoed every night, while I was blinded by the scent of you, I’m Frankie Slade, shoot my head, you held me back.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“They got back to the house late. Myron's father was feigning sleep in the recliner. Some habits die hard. Myron "woke" him up. He startled to consciousness. Pacino never overacted his much.”
― Harlan Coben, One False Move

“Every few blocks were vacant lots where victory gardens had been planted at the height of the war. By then, they were wrecked and full of debris. Once in a while, when you looked down at the sidewalk along the lots, you’d see a blade of grass growing up out of the concrete. That’s what my friend, the acting teacher Lee Strasberg, once called talent: a blade of grass growing up out of a block of concrete.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

“Al Pacino is one thespian that shuns limitations which acting leans upon in order to remain the integral part of the reverse side of life. His language carves out wits from the eternal verse of theatre, posting subtly the eclectic sequence of point-to-point muse on the banners of collective mirth. His actions, deft in synthesis of life and culture, capture the essence of true indices of his specified roles. He’s one of my favourite actors. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu”
― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“...so sue me. Shoot bullets through me. You can't do anything different in this town. I learned a little, forgot a little, and moved on. No use crying over spilt Shakespeare.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy