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. – Al Pacino
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. – Al Pacino
Its never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around. – Al Pacino
Money makes your life easier. If youre lucky to have it, youre lucky. – Al Pacino
There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule. – Samuel Butler