306 Quotes by Al Pacino

People are always asking me to do Shakespeare - at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It's like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It's great therapy.

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

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

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.

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 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.

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

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.