Al Pacino: "I was broke after doing 'The Godfather'"

I sat down with the legendary Al Pacino to talk about his new movie 'Danny Collins'. Pacino also told me how he was broke after doing the first 'Godfather': "Well it’s funny because the first time I did 'The Godfather’ and the film was over, I owed 15,000 dollars. I never saw a paycheck. I saw someone who served me with a summons because I owed a studio a certain amount of money. I do remember not having any money when I went to do the picture. I didn’t have any money,... no money in the bank or anything. I just had the film, which was great, but I don’t remember a paycheck!"

[@ebaylistentomusic]

I worked with Al at a theater in Boston while the Godfather was first showing. It was a play, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Al was beyond amazing. I was the kid who cleaned the theater, I was in high school, but Al was so kind to me and generous with his time. He talked with me about music, acting, actors, my plans after high school, he was such a great guy to me, the least significant person at the theater.

[@dominiquepocopio777]

🤧🤧

[@metrocityhotel866]

I hope the system doesnt change this girl who is doing the interview.. Didnt interupt what he wanted to say and didnt rush her questions. Excellent!

[@aidanfilms702]

Completely agreed.

[@martyreking1048]

Vivek Sundaralingam She'll never get a job at CNN or any other MSM .

[@metrocityhotel866]

why not?

[@martyreking1048]

Vivek Sundaralingam Haven't you ever noticed how rude they are ? Talking on top of their guest , cutting them off especially when it doesn't go with their bias agenda ?

[@jillimyjilikers2036]

Vivek Sundaralingam Well observed so true

[@aashiv93]

Al pacino has absolutely no airs about him. One of the greatest actors of all time and he talks with so much care and humility.

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Hes in my top 5. He did do jack and jill though....

[@kimbarrett9734]

He is most down to earth celeb I've ever met, and I've met most of them.

[@margeshilling7983]

Al Pacino is an American treasure. A great actor who's been doing it for years and is still humble and down to earth. I'll never forget when I first saw him in "The Godfather"-All people could say upon leaving the theatre was "Who IS that guy?"

[@moa3810]

"I've not seen a paycheck my entire career, but ...I get clothes, I get a house, but I don't know how that happens" - This guy is a genuine Actor.

[@Melinda8162]

Haha! Not living in the real world......fucker livin in the reel world. Must be nice.

[@moa3810]

@magesticmaniacc Yes, I should've said an Artist.

[@samualcrocket1405]

True. It is possible that he is kind of telling the truth. An accountant, lawyers. etc. probably handle all his money and he just spends it without seeing an actual check.

[@barryschwarz]

What a load of bullshit.

[@lewisticknor]

@@barryschwarz did you miss the last sentence of Mo A's comment?

[@funkyflights]

BROKE, you're not broke when you’re Al Pacino, you just walk into a bank and make them an offer they can't refuse!

[@SocialistFinn1]

That was Marlon Brando but sure.

[@JaxxStarr81]

He was just an up and coming actor when he finished filming The Godfather. No one even knew his name, that’s the time he’s referring to. It was difficult for him during that time just like any new actor.

[@Shamansdurx]

I´m Moe Greene!!!

[@angelacarleton9575]

Good remark! Love it!!!

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

As soon as I read 'bank', I got reminded of Dog Day Afternoon.

[@AuthenticSelfGrowth]

Al is such a nice guy. He is totally different to his big roles. It shocks me so much because I want him to be like Michael Corlene or Tony Montana lol

[@nickabbott319]

It’s all an act lol

[@desiraegraham9239]

@@nickabbott319 exactly the man is an actor, that's his character if he was like that tony montana he will be in prison right now lol.

[@nickabbott319]

Desirae Graham lol true that

[@mikeycon10]

Half way through the interview ...” say hello to my lil frenn!!” 😂

[@GuitarGuy5000000000]

@Jack Arnsick You can never know. That said, I've never heard a bad story about Pacino. Everyone who's met him seems to say he's a nice and gracious gentleman.

[@Joseph1NJ]

The man's an actor's actor, he loves the art, the craft, the theater.

[@1234piano]

Kristien Morato is such a really nice interviewer. Such a lovely manner. She could get anyone talking!

[@KristienMorato]

Thank you Chris, your kind words just made my day!

[@Dick-Jagger]

Ja Kristien je doet dat heel goed! Blijf zo verder doen...Je bent heel goed in u job, en was goed voorbereid en komt heel naturel in je interviews. Grtjs vanuit Antwerpen

[@KristienMorato]

Merci, mijn dag is gemaakt! ;-) Groetjes!

[@rambotan5867]

Chris Graham bec she s pure n a virgin

[@Firuzeh]

But, what kind of question is “what do you mean you didn’t have money”?

[@wiltonsmith3397]

“Broke is a temporary condition. Poor is a frame of mind.”

[@irvancrocs1753]

Jack Nicholson, Robert Del Niro, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, and Morgan Freeman are actors that i can't imagine how the world will react if they are gone....

[@southlondon86]

irvanCrocs Well be prepared because in less than 10 years half of them will be gone.

[@user-rd3dj9ik1e]

Lol the world will just carry on as usual relax

[@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr]

Anthony hopkins

[@namanshah8354]

@Orange Man Always Wins welcome to Hollywood kid.

[@namanshah8354]

@@southlondon86 yeah right. Everyone's on the edge. Marlon was already dead at 80

[@sebastianhaj]

I am 43 years old ,and still broke.

[@bgates275]

Are you at least wiser, or just getting older?

[@chowyunfat3]

Time to be conservative and save some money. Party days are over. =D

[@F_antomas]

@@bgates275 He spends his money on pizzas .

[@czos9239]

Now lots of people are broke. Or worse.

[@Melinda8162]

CZ OS For sure. Your own country fucked us.

[@Gasoline85]

He seems really nice and down to earth. You did a great job with the interview.

[@m.v.129]

omg at 0:25 it's like his voice from the 70's came back for a few seconds lol

[@nenabunena]

I think not being very rich and the fact that al never left the theatre has kept him grounded and is the reason he never lost his spark or passion for acting unlike other older legends like brando

[@buster560]

+nenabunena 'Not being very rich' - LOL he's worth approx $150,000,000.

[@nenabunena]

buster560 Pacino left the film industry temporarily during the 0s before getting back. Also recently, his accountant stole a lot of his money which is why he has to work for money again

[@calisongbird]

+nenabunena where did you get this info about his accountant? I'm curious. If that's true, it really sucks. He's a legend!

[@nenabunena]

calisongbird I first heard it from al himself during an interview with Larry king

[@chocolatcats]

+nenabunena NENA......HE'S WORTH OVER $145 MILLION....he was poor before and right after the Godfather.....but for a moment...not years......from 1973 ON WARDS...HE'S NEVER BEEN OUT OF A JOB.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Al is a great guy and talent. We need more actors like him in Hollywood today.

[@gracie30ish]

i love al pacino..the actor and the real person : )

[@giftbarikder4797]

Whenever i see Al pacino i remember the intensity of his eyes in god father part 2 and it really gives a shiver down my spine!

[@mariaboletsis9478]

Great actor, great guy, great interview. They both complimented each other.

[@Richard_Straker]

*complemented

[@dennybenz5846]

He is mesmerizing. I could just listen to him all day. The greatest actor

[@razzhaxx1375]

Old Tony Stark

[@martyc909]

+Razayn Malique HOLY!! You are so right. I almost want him to play Tony in like a hypothetical future scene now... LOL

[@whatisdisshit]

Funny you said that, when i watched US Marchals, i couldn't believe how much Robert Downey Jr. looked like a young Al Pacino.. it was jaw dropping.

[@bharattank1115]

Marauder Shields looks like Jr Al in ironman😁

[@Scotty70]

Marauder Shields both jews?

[@oblivionlord1242]

You funny xD

[@giancarlocipolla4416]

I met personally Al Pacino at Cinecitta in Roma when he was shooting The Godfather III, is such a nice man, very gentle, very polite and very very calm, also he really talk like that.

[@mollyswyft5079]

i think this just shows how acting has changed. He wanted that role so much and he knew he could do it so well that he didnt care about the lack of money. Wish more actors nowadays were like him and werent just sellouts.

[@Fireoncityy]

jonah hill recently worked for the legal minimum doing wolf of Wallstreet

[@mousehead2000]

'Sellout' is a little unfair. Rent doesn't pay itself and actors have to eat just like everybody else.

[@mollyswyft5079]

mousehead2000 yeah but I'm talking about a movie that means something but only pays 100000£ rather than the next gallactica five thousand that pays 3 million but will draw dumb crowds in! £100,000 is enough to put food on the table I assure you

[@mousehead2000]

kit clarke I'm not sure you can judge what does and doesn't mean something to someone. Battle star galactic meant a lot to me when I was a kid. Just as Rocky and The Godfather did.

[@kosmosyche]

Yeah, when I was 5 the dude dressed as Santa Claus also meant a lot to me. Thank fuck, I'm not 5 any more.

[@ironpirites]

What a refreshing thing it is to listen to Al Pacino! He is so natural and unaffected and confident in the ordinary way that non famous, non rich, but comfortable people are. I'm not detecting any "actorisms". Nice.

[@diamondtran8331]

Al Pacino's acting was so natural that he almost never had to act.

[@stevemora7845]

For such a big star he is SO humble!

[@Tbessix220]

He so modest! I love him

[@captnagrom8178]

The last few seconds of this interview have completely changed my view of this man and actors of his level .... I'm impressed how he has played men faced with real , harsh realities for so many years when he has no recent personal understanding of daily life pressures ..."things just come to me, clothes, money houses " ... He is a true actor ... Free of daily real financial cares and so free to be a sponge of other people's experiences and pressures ... A skill indeed to be able to play those parts without recent transferable experience ... This is no criticism of him or other actors ... More a revelation to me of the skills they have to morph into other people,they have no experience of, other than the script and observation of other people's lives ... I will view actors slightly differently now ...

[@960john]

What? He was very very poor as a young man. As a kid, he used to steal for his parents etc. Before acting he even went to Sicily selling his body for sex, because he had no money.

[@elizabethargueta9631]

Al is a unuque !!! Nobody else can be as Michael Corleone he is an icone. Love you Al with all my heart

[@JS-tk2co]

this is how a genuinely modest person doesnt show off his modesty and answers the questions perfectly unlike some brats who will wear crocodile boot and gold chain for an interview

[@candacebenjamin7149]

He's still a good looking man and very sexy, one greatest artist in this time

[@rachybaby72]

Yep.

[@djquinn11]

He’s been wearing a rug since he was in his late 20’s

[@leojamescharles181]

Neither Al nor John Cazale were allowed inside Bank after Dog Day Afternoon

[@WindWipper]

"I get clothes, i get a house, i don't know how that happens". LOL Must be the mob paying for it all. ; P

[@Musse2009]

+WindWipper Hahahaha lol so right! xD

[@littlecreek356]

Sounds like my ex wife

[@fishfire_2999]

I wish I did know wtf he is talking about ? One should pay attention to that ??

[@Capcoor]

LLIP DER Pay attention to your finances-the business aspect of things.

[@iron-farmer]

@@fishfire_2999 i think he means he always been his own business and never actually gave himself paychecks, just used the businesses money

[@1994g0]

What a genius.

[@dirkvantroyen9170]

What a sweet, sweet man

[@trash_tube]

For every second, every moment, every gesture, every facial expression thank u Mr. Alfredo James Pacino... 'n off course for every little and magnificent anecdote. These 3 minutes and 31 seconds are absolutely amazing!

[@annetteathanasatos1229]

Al Pacino, greatest actor, he can play any part, & make it so believable. Glad you won an Oscar. You deserved many more Oscar's for all your great performances. Thank you Mr. Pacino, keep making movies.

[@newyork3020]

I am 41 year old guy and i have a weakness for these great actors like Pacino, De Niro, Brando , Pesci , Hopkins when i see them in a movie or interview or just followed by paparazzi. In some way they have contributed in ''shaping'' me as a person. They have a deep world within them while they appear and are more humble than anyone we meet in daily basis. How selfless these true Hollywood stars are. I feel a bit sadness to see them grow old, not because they will die and this has come to an end, because we are all in this world temporarily, but knowing they can't be on screen forever to entertain us in such incomparable level. We should be glad we lived to have in some level ,part of our lives these amazing actors. I wish i could meet and talk to them.

[@theabyssofthoughts]

You're an inspiration legend. Much love and respect.

[@Bochanable]

He remains one of my all time favorite thespians. I have seen at least 2/3rds of his film work and twice on stage. Love him!!!

[@vvcxau6]

Al Pacino not a ordinary actor ! He was Legend 🔥

[@johnflynn9619]

A Great Actor. His voice has changed as he got older.

[@JEspo83]

Chain smoking will do that to you

[@harukrentz435]

You know Al Pacino trully LOVES acting, even in his twillight years hes spending more time back on theather stage doing performances.

[@sunnys4544]

Pacino is ,shy guy that’s what i noticed in all his interviews

[@paulholland3869]

What a great interviewer and what a legend Al Pacino is!

[@glorisgonzalez.detodounpoc2934]

Love love him hes facinated to hear him talk great actor.

[@hornylorney8150]

Great interviewer, Al had a sparkle in his eye and they had good chemistry.

[@zyzzyvacation]

According to IMDb, the arena in question was the Greek Theater, 2700 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California, USA

[@guardianangel138]

one person id love to talk tooo is al pacino unreal....love to hear all his stories being on set. being an actor myself and being on set. love to hear his experiences

[@yucbeats5624]

great interview i like that question at the end... i liked it alot

[@liberallarry847]

Al Pacino on Finance: "one should pay attention to that though."

[@andrewvelonis5940]

Little Richard put it this way: "You need to learn how to count your money, or else someone else will count it for you"

[@SubhansVault]

belated happy birthday sir.. you are the greatest

[@robertosoto1370]

When I was a teenager was living in Los Angeles i was already working in a department store. in downtown L.A.people would always say: "hey you looked like Al pacino "I would be. so embarrassed, not. because what people say to me, but because I was very shy I remember there were times I would. turn red, but because the fact that along Gable, Cagney,Bogart, Mastroiani, then Ladies of the cinema:Crawford, Davis,Stanwyck,Hayward, Bancroft,GaRdner, Loren Reynolds,&so many...were my all time favorites but Al Pacino is not only an iconic Legend he's humble, so damn talented very special guy & loved by millions of fans around the 🌏 thank. you for showing these videos &paying tribute to such a gifted Actor...

[@louismatassa9105]

A total 🎥 Legend!

[@sai-codes]

Your interviews are great... subscribed

[@NoemiGuzman6]

- I love Al Pacino. One of our greatest actors.

[@evameilia7259]

Al Pacino, the great actor ever..the legend 👍

[@paulbaker1505]

This girls a great interviewer. Especially interviewing a legend like this. Ask a question respectfully and let him answer. Booooom

[@mtop9156]

yeah i cried as well... danny collins really have a big heart..

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Great interview 👍👍

[@81kentboy]

The energy that comes from that guy So unique

[@GunCollector007]

Lol. What a great interview!

[@iraqibodybuilder]

Great interviewer . Al is great person and actor . always a wish to meet him

[@keywestsunset3897]

Kristien, Excellent job on your interview with an all time icon. I would have been doing my best Ralp Kramden impersonation.....homina homina homina!!! Al is a legend!!!

[@debbierazavi5353]

Beautiful man ❤️🙏🏻

[@FJB46-24]

My favorite actor !🐐☝🏽

[@charlesbaldo]

Excellent interview.

[@jacktorrance9378]

My all time favorite actor.

[@EngineVSEngine]

Such a great actor..

[@nydiagaray1935]

Being a Hubble personas and having that smile your automatic Richard Al.... God bless you always the best actor of all times.

[@billbrimmer1739]

A very charming guy. Never read bad stories about him. Keep doing what you are doing sir!

[@henrychang3153]

Al you are a nice person thats why even u got broke. Good things keeps coming .

[@latifaa1606]

Great man

[@MF-pm5dh]

Legend.

[@MadyanMohammed]

Legend

[@tomtsikrikos4122]

Al Pacino scarface that's all I've got to say absolute legend

[@alexisnihon1]

I guess the deal was ..You do the movies, we give you anything you want ,,Like he said he never saw a check,,but has everything he needs..I love this guy..He's a natural actor..

[@MRALAINMICHAEL]

Al is a legend. What a talent.

[@muffintoo1]

I love this man

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

"I've not seen a paycheck my entire career, but ...I get clothes, I get a house, but I don't know how that happens" Al deserves an Oscar for this! 🤣

[@mikemaldonado9960]

patient gentleman

[@stuart73m]

Iv heard alot of people have had such nice things to say about kristien after they have met her she is a great interviewer

[@firekind1980]

Al Pacino tells you he was in debt after The Godfather and you literally don't inquire into this madness. Stunning work indeed.

[@sherrybowe2340]

Al Pacino the legend ❤Such a great person!I have a picture with his signature on it from a friend who met him!

[@irishson1916]

Great questions,fine interview!

[@willsess7340]

the greatest actor alive when he is not over acting. Sea of love was the 1st Pacino movie I saw in theaters. watched anything he is in ever since...

[@user-gt1kj7oc8b]

I love you Al...

[@jackypacino4388]

Alfredo se ve que es un ángel de ser humano, ameno,agradable,humilde, es un tesoro que el mundo no ha sabido valorar TE AMO ALFREDO JAMES PACINO

[@tussharbhondve3246]

Al pacino is everything, some people thinks they watch their acts in the movies and thinks they are just like that in real life but its not true. how polite he is, he don't even remember the paychecks thats why 70s called golden era the real talent ❤️

[@IanP1963]

I had a signed photo from him many years ago....

[@renatacollins2699]

IAN PAYNE You're lucky

[@jesusibarra2980]

I'm jealous. I really want one.

[@lauramcintyre483]

I have one, too

[@IanP1963]

@D Gotti Pleased for you lol - one of the founding fathers was a Paine I think !!!!

[@IanP1963]

@@lauramcintyre483 Excellent - he's an amenable chap, he's in touch with his fan base and appreciates them !!!

[@scorpio7938]

Al pacino is so dam down to earth and a wonderful actor

[@yvettemasters258]

He is a awesome actor 💖💞✌️

[@leeramblin4487]

sooo adorable

[@sazonsongs]

Al Pacino: Your favorite actor’s favorite actor

[@ronneyrocksray1586]

Woman you're so sooo polite.. God bless you

[@mgowens762]

I can't imagine Al Pacino stuttering or repeating himself...he's a genius in his art as an actor for someone who didn't exactly have a consistent formal education. He's just one of those growing up in tough New York City, your style of precise communication keeps you alive.

[@noelnewlon]

Charming at this stage in life.

[@mitchclem3404]

Very likable.

[@zachcloutier3111]

You are the best interviewer, you inspire me so much that I added you on Twitter and Instagram and I think I should add you on Facebook too.

[@mousehead2000]

add her to your list of victims while your at it...

[@jackroberts4521]

What a great man he is..