Al Pacino Quotes, Thoughts and images

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got.

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

All I am is what I'm going after.

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.

Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.

Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book.

Without coffee something’s missing

Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.

If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.

Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.

The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.

If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.

Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment?

Love goes through different stages. But it endures.

Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.

Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.

Either I act or I die.

The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

Romantic love can be a lot of crap, though, let me tell you. And it can hurt you.

I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."

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.

Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.

A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.

Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.

We live in a world where the more you're working, the more things you do. It's a workaday world.

I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

There are a couple of times I would've liked to have married. I think I made a mistake, especially once.

I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.

You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.

The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.

The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.

Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.

Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.'

The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.

I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp...Then I'd find another one.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

A lot of acting is private time.