Quotes by Al Pacino

“Vanity is my favourite sin.”

“Its easy to fool the eye but its hard to fool the heart.”

“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; it was kind of a phenomenon when you think of it. I wonder what it would be like today, that kind of a person ... he made that connection with his audience. And I remember at that time my mother loved him. He reached everybody.”

“My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. Id probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe theyre the same thing.”

“We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I dont care if its 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.”

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

“I dont need bodyguards. Im from the South Bronx.”

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

“Scarface - first you get the money, then you power and then you get the women”

“Yeah, thats right; they were together. Someone put it very distinctly once to me when they thought Brando was the force, in a way, and the genius, and James Dean was kind of a sonnet, you know? And to describe Jimmy Dean as a sonnet — I feel its really accurate.”

I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians…it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love…a man, a woman, what have you…it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

Youll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

sometimes its better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didnt know

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. Youre in a conversation and everybodys agreeing with what youre saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you dont want to hear.

You need some insecurity if youre an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I havent yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

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, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?

I dont think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. Youve got to think of things as an opportunity. An auditions an opportunity to have an audience.

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when its not until the last two or three performances when I even understand certain things. In the old days star actors would travel the world doing the same parts over and over again.