Best Al Pacino Quotes
Al Pacino Quotes About Scarface, Godfather, Movies, Heat, Love, Scent of a Woman, Life, Any given Sunday, Acting & Images! As one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood, Al Pacino took acting to a new level with his roles as cold-blooded killers and villains. As one of Hollywood’s most legendary villains, he is widely known for portraying antagonists with riveting energy. In East Harlem, New York City, Al Pacino was born on April 25, 1940. During his teenage years, he wanted to be a baseball player and was called Sonny by his friends.
At 17, he dropped out of school after failing all subjects except English. In the end, he left after arguing with his mom. While training to be an actor, he took odd jobs like messenger, busboy, janitor, and postal clerk. During his training, he frequently suffered from unemployment and homelessness. He even spent the night on the streets, in theaters, or at friends’ homes.
After entering the theatre industry, he played a leading role in the Broadway play ‘Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? ‘’ in 1969 and won the Tony Award for this performance. In 1971 he played the role of ‘Bobby in the film ‘The Panic in Needle Park. Despite the movie’s failure, his acting skills caught the attention of many people. Pacino gained the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for the film Scent of a Woman, for which he achieved great fame and critical acclaim.
Overall, the film earned $134 million worldwide, of which 63 million were made domestically, and $71 million was earned internationally. He’s known for the Godfather series, including ‘The Godfather and ‘The Godfather Part II,’ considered among the best films ever made. Through his sheer brilliance and hard work, he belongs to a generation of actors that challenged conventions.
Best Al Pacino Quotes
1. “Michael: My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.-Al Pacino
2. “It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.”-Al Pacino
3. “There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”-Al Pacino
4. “Who put this thing together? Me, that’s who! Who do I trust? Me!”-Al Pacino
5. “If you get all tangled up, just tango on.”-Al Pacino
6. “Stats are not enough, you need a voice! Gamblers are ready to risk what they can’t afford for what they can’t have. You’re selling the world’s rarest commodity: certainty, in an uncertain world.”-Al Pacino
7. “Only don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.”-Al Pacino
8. “There’s no such thing as too far. You push everything as far as you can. You push and you push and you push until it starts pushing back. And then you push some goddamn more.”-Al Pacino
9. “Never give up your friends, Dave, no matter what.”-Al Pacino
10. “You’re gonna walk out on me? You don’t walk out on me. I walk out on you.”-Al Pacino
11. “If you can’t see the angles no more, you’re in trouble.”-Al Pacino
12. “Oh, I don’t lose. People who bet on me to lose lose. And they lose big.”-Al Pacino
13. “A righteous man before me stands. A hero in these filthy lands. A brother in arms in heart are you. I was really hoping you get it too.”-Al Pacino
14. “If I said it once, I said it a thousand times, I don’t care they’re Irish. I don’t care they’re Catholic. If there’s one person you can’t trust in this life, it’s millionaires’ kids.”-Al Pacino
15. “The dream don’t come no closer by itself. We gotta run after it now.”-Al Pacino
16. “There’s this parish priest, goes up to the Pope, drops down on his knees, starts weeping… asking forgiveness: “Holy father, holy father, what am I to do? What am I to do? I do not believe in God anymore. What am I to do?”. And you know what the pope said? “Fake it”.”-Al Pacino
17. “That’s what a leader’s about: sacrifice. The times he’s gotta sacrifice because he’s gotta lead, by example. Not by fear and not by self-pity.”-Al Pacino
18. “I don’t believe in capital punishment. I do believe in the rights of victims. I do believe that they deserve recompense, no matter how significant or insignificant it may be in comparison to the loss suffered.”-Al Pacino
19. “It’s who I am Gail, it’s what I am. Right or wrong, I can’t change that.”-Al Pacino
20. “Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.”-Al Pacino
21. “It’s the guy everybody’s looking at first – the leader of a team – who will support you when they understand you. Who will break their ribs and their noses and their necks for you, because they believe. ‘Cause you make them believe.”-Al Pacino
22. “Free will. It’s like butterfly wings. Once touched, they never get off the ground. No. I only set the stage. You pull your own strings.”-Al Pacino
23. “I’ve learned that time does not heal the wound. It will, though, in its most merciful way, blunt the edge ever so slightly.”-Al Pacino
24. “Freedom, baby, is never having to say you’re sorry.”-Al Pacino
25. “It’s called making people feel good about themselves so that they’ll cooperate with you and help you to do your job. You should try it some time.”-Al Pacino
26. “Mike Wallace: Who are these people?-Al Pacino
27. “I say what I mean, and I do what I say.”-Al Pacino
28. “They say we die twice. Once when the breath leaves our body, and once when the last person we know says our name.”-Al Pacino
29. “I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got today, that’s what you’ve got.”-Al Pacino
30. “Sometimes it’s better to be with the devil you know than the angel you didn’t know.”-Al Pacino
