Al Pacino on Creating a Character and Why He “Usually Defers” to a Director
Al Pacino reveals how he approaches a role, particularly in a dialogue-heavy role, and how much influence a director has on his performances.
Al Pacino on Why He Loves Rehearsing and What Actors Should Do If They Feel Intimidated
Al Pacino speaks at length on his early theatre years and the role intimidation plays on an actor’s psyche.
Screenplay: ‘Danny Collins’
Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Al Pacino on Acting: “It becomes such a part of your nature you rarely ever think about quitting”
After working infrequently in film over the last decade, Al Pacino appears in several films released in 2015, including The Humbling, an indie drama directed by Barry Levinson.
Al Pacino on Stage Acting: “There’s kind of a freedom in it that I haven’t found anywhere else”
Pacino, who will turn seventy-five this year, points out that for actors there are two tools that they need to depend on to continue working.
Watch: Al Pacino Talks ‘The Humbling’ and His Extraordinary Career
In this conversation with Al Pacino talks about his role in The Humbling — including working with Greta Gerwig — and his historic acting career
Al Pacino: “When you have access to real character, it stimulates the imagination. It’s something to take off from”
It’s no secret that Al Pacino’s best work in recent years has been on television. While his recent films have been awful to mildly disappointing, he has won Emmys for his roles in Angels in America and You Don’t Know Jack.
Al Pacino on His Recent Comedic Turns: “You’re always looking for what’s going to feed you, what’s going to feed the spirit and get you going”
Al Pacino might not have appeared in as many comedies as Robert De Niro or Robert Duvall, but his latest film, Stand Up Guys, has Pacino making a rare clownish turn.
Bobby Cannavale on Acting: ‘It was the only thing I ever wanted to do, really”
There are a handful of actors who scare the crap at me, and at the top of the list is Bobby Cannavale. It’s not just because he’s a tough looking guy, but he happens to be a phenomenal Broadway actor in addition to his television credits.
What’s Al Pacino’s Weekly Salary for Broadway’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’?
Usually it pays for Broadway producers to cast big-name actors to draw huge houses. But how much exactly do those big names make? For Al Pacino, who stars in Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene, it’s money that most Broadway regulars could only dream about.
Bobby Cannavale: “All I ever wanted to do is to be a working New York actor”
Bobby Cannavale is pretty much everywhere right now. He just finished a run on Nurse Jackie, he currently has a role on Boardwalk Empire, and he will be starring in the upcoming Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Jeremy Shamos to Join Pacino and Cannavale in the Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’
With Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale starring, how could the revival of the upcoming revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross get any better?
Al Pacino to Star in a New Revival of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ on Broadway?
Actor Al Pacino has been linked to a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross for the 2012-2013 season on Broadway
Al Pacino on Directing, Oscar Wilde and Choosing His Roles
Pacino’s Wilde Salome explores the actor/director’s fascination with Oscar Wilde and Wilde’s play Salome, which Pacino had done on Broadway in 1992 and 2003 before working on this film.