Extra: Al Pacino on acting and the Actors Studio 

Wow! What a cool experience to share with everyone. Your father's a lucky ducky. Al seems like such a cool, creative and interesting intellectual to talk to about anything. I'm glad that unlike many other famous people that he appears to be a decent dude behind the scenes.

funny cuz they played as the devils advocate duo

Thats amazing! Thanks for sharing!

That's a great story. Pacino seems like a lovely person.

my grandpa was from Sicily, big hearts from Southern Italian People. ❤

ABSOLUTELY he's a legend

He is humble I believe this quality helps him to be a great actor A very talented actor so many memorable roles Dog day afternoon, Serpico Donnie Brasco, just some if my favorites ❤

Do you recall some of what you asked and his answer?

Awesome

He is good but But he is no Denzel

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Me too.

❤ expressed beautifully ❤ What a wonderful lifetime we have shared with such artists during the past 50 yrs x

Same…

No, it doesn’t sound depressing. Al Pacino has been a Master of delving into the heart of what moves human beings at their primal core. Thru him, we can feel our own true selves more deeply, and recognize that in others.

Also The Insider!! A completely underrated, slept on movie.

​@@calisongbirdI'm totally going to find this movie. Thank you!

He may have aged but his eyes and spirit hasn't, as youthful as ever

Epic

Now you need me as a guitar teacher. 🙌🏽

@@MiguelFerreyraGuitar i have been playing for fifty five years. Iove Spanish music, flaminco

*Chauffeur

If that was his nyc driver my mate and i used to walk our dog past his bldg every am because his doorman always gave treats to the neighborhood dogs. Mr. Pacino was always in the character of whatever he was shooting but he would stop and look around for neighbors that he knew, straighten up, say good morning and then back to character and into the car.

Yours is a very astute, accurate comment, which nobody else picked up on. You can see Ben Mankiewicz - who is an EXCELLENT interviewer - trying to repeatedly wring out of Pacino specifically what his method is, or what he learned from the school, yet, Al can't articulate it. And your observation is correct. He is indeed so immersed in it that he has a tough time explaining the nuances of his craft. I also know that many actors HATE talking about their processes, because the average Joe doesn't give a hoot, and probably won't understand what they're saying anyway. So they tend to over-generalize when speaking about craft. A brilliant actor usually does not a teacher make. And vice versa. However... There are exceptions. The fabulous Michael Caine did a video for actors called "Acting in Film", which should be considered the bible for film actors. In it, he breaks the entire process down to an incredibly intricate degree, from timing, hitting one's marks correctly, the value of being still, etc. There was a documentary made years ago with Marlon Brando, who served as an acting coach, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and a few other big names. They literally picked random people up off the street - including a homeless person - and held a master acting class for several days. The premise of the project was to prove that almost anyone can be an actor. And I believe this is true. We are ALL born as actors, and we grow up pretending all of the time: playing house, cowboys & indians, bank robbers, etc. This is our fertile imagination, which is a gift. But we lose it over time as we're taught to fit into society and conform. We're also told we have to "grow up" at a certain point. A true actor/artist never loses the childlike sense of play. Sadly, this documentary - which was called "Lying for a Living" -never saw the light of day, as too many egos we're involved and a bunch of legal crap transpired. I believe the footage sits in a vault somewhere to this day. Another great read on the acting process is "True & False" by David Mamet, which is a book that ALL actors should read many times over.