Al Pacino _inside the actors studio 2006 10 02

[@jv-ep2tc]

In 1977 I was walking south on a Lexington AVe sidewalk in NYC. Al was walking north wearing a green army-navy jacket. He was devastatingly handsome a la Bobby Deerfield. I froze in my tracks. I am still surprised that I saw him as I usually did not check every face walking by and he blended in because of his casual attire. After about 20 seconds I started breathing again and continued to my destination. After all this time its still an easy memory to retrieve.

[@chriskroll4166]

Not too many people have ever seen Bobby Deerfield. Even the staunch Pacino fans I find have never seen it. 🙆

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

What a lovely, lovely story.

[@annetteippolito390]

Same thing happened to me in 1980 ...he was walking toward a hot dog stand and I was there as well...I thought I would faint..the poor hot dog dog guy was holding me up 😂 Anyway we talked A little while..he was absolutely gorgeous and kind...extremely sexy. I still have the napkin he signed for me. Marvelous moment

[@steviedub9370]

Wow I couldn’t live without that story

[@leslietarbelldonovan8625]

I passed him walking north up Madison ave.coming out of work late that night .I just remember him looking very brooding and hungry..I think he was appearing in American Buffalo at the time which I also saw..he seemed almost wolf-like coming up the street...

[@danielhalem5799]

Worked as an extra on the scene with Pacino, Di Caprio and Pitt directed by Tarantino in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Took us 5 full days to film. To be a fly on those walls was quite an experience.

[@mrpk1719]

"Is this you're son?"

[@lewisc215]

Why?

[@danielhalem5799]

@ best part of background work in general is you get to sit in a lot of rooms and watch a lot of very talented people work and learn from them.

[@danielasuncion9991]

COOL. What was your call time, usually?

[@danielasuncion9991]

​@@danielhalem5799 The food is great, too + there's no chance of forgetting your lines!!

[@pliny8308]

What a sweet man he is, on top of everything else.

[@Lushy260]

I agree, Al is such a kind sweet humble man

[@ΔημητραΚατσικιδη]

​​@@Lushy260Yes. All the Greats are humble.

[@SaintMartins]

Pacino is the greatest actor of all time. Nobody compares. NOBODY !

[@FredaPatel-we5jb]

What a class act and an amazing actor!!

[@christinefay1761]

Al has such magnetism. Those eyes...

[@susanrike7476]

Always loved Al Pacino. Soon after Serpico was released, I was walking briskly in the freezing cold to my part-time college job near the U.N. in NYC. As I rounded the corner, I bumped into a young man dressed down in a pea jacket, wool cap, and sneakers. When I looked up, I saw it was Al Pacino. My heart froze along with my voice. He quickly moved on away from the cold. I was stunned. As I attempted to tell him how much I admired his work, he was long gone. I remember him as if it were yesterday. He was/is my hero.

[@swamidevkhalsa761]

Pacino and De Niro are my two favorite actors. My favorite Pacino performance is in Donnie Brasco. However, it must be said that his funeral speech in City Hall is one of the great iconic moments in the history of drama.

[@whodidit99]

I bumped into Victoria Principal once.

[@kathleen7849]

I rarely watch the interviews through to the end but Al is such a normal person and a talented story teller.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Exclusively their is only one badass like Al ❤❤❤

[@margaretalbert69]

Just finished his biography Sonny Boy..I highly recommend it❤❤

[@sebastianszentes2630]

you mean, there's a book about his life?

[@margaretalbert69]

Yes....its called Sonny Boy and i just finished the book​@@sebastianszentes2630

[@johnd3233]

​@@sebastianszentes2630 That's what a biography is

[@johnsaikaly]

Al Pacino has always been my favorite actor

[@seymills]

mine too !

[@primakurien6765]

My ultimate actor , human and heaven knows what else

[@sharoninglima1217]

I was working in Midtown in the 80’s and saw Sea of Love being filmed with Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin.

[@paulinelee1762]

GORGEOUS GORGEOUS MAN. JUST LOVE YOU AL, GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS XXXXX

[@markokassenaar4387]

Amazing to realise that Pacino was called ‘Sonny’ and ‘Alfredo’ as a kid 😳

[@ccziv]

What a magnificent actor. And a tremendous human being.

[@rosannacellini2158]

Love and admire , Al Pacino, for his great skillful acting, philosophies and the fact he's a nice gentleman. I always enjoy watching his interviews. 😍👍👍🎦

[@CraigHalliday-r8q]

Al Pacino is a Exceptional Actor and Very Talented one of the best

[@stevekarb6190]

remarkable actor. Greatest of them all hands down

[@MiniOilSlyk]

I met Al at a bus stop on east 67th street in 1983. He looked at me and i said 'I know it was u Frodo'.

[@juandiegoramirezserrano3155]

1995, I was 13 years old and I was watching Essence of a woman and I discovered the beauty of movies and what they made to you emotionally. Al Pacino was a LIGHT then and still is.

[@markleonardi1520]

Scent of a woman

[@TheGreatAlan75]

"scent of a woman"

[@lindacosta1658]

There is only one Al Pacino icon ❤❤❤ my hero

[@mattrawling6646]

he is a true master

[@JoanTorres-u2z]

I personally think jis portraying of the lowly gangster in Donnie Brasco is one of Pacino's greatest achievements.

[@paulmuse6316]

wow thats amazing. That is probably the most star power ever assembled in one room.

[@LindaE-e6f]

The Sea Of Love was another one of his great acting. Ellen Barkin was great in her part also.

[@Alljono22567]

Al Pacinos dad was very very handsome 😮

[@RebeccaMorales-17m]

What a Lovely man ❤

[@petermot645]

I saw Al in America Buffalo in the circle in the square in NYC. After filming Scarface, he was riveting and intense as usual.

[@FrankHampton-t7m]

The fact that his grandfather was born in Corleonne is mind boggling. I call it fate

[@rudyamisano4626]

Corleone only 1 N. 🤟

[@kristiannelson1851]

Thanks so much for posting this!!

[@corabernal6432]

Really great actor ❤😮

[@JeffRebornNow]

Pacino was always nuts. He's old now but when he was younger he was out on a limb. Fortunately he was able to channel this in a creative direction. No one could have played the character in Dog Day Afternoon better than he did. He totally inhabited that character's world. If the phrase "he became the character" means anything, it applies to Pacino in that roll. I haven't seen the movie in 40 years but I still remember it vividly. "Attica !! Attica !!" LOL

[@John_Smith777]

Funny you say that. Al is my first cousin, once removed (haven’t seen him in decades). I have a vivid childhood memory of him from my great grandparents 50th wedding anniversary in the 60’s, where he laid down and pretended he was a snake slithering around the floor. We all thought he was nuts. 😂

[@EMAINIE]

Used to watch these interviews with my mom. Man, I miss her.

[@SimoneSilva-il6lx]

Maravilhoso! Eu nasci já no final dos anos 1970 e em terras distantes de NYC. Então ler aqui que alguns de vocês esbarraram com ele, em sua década de ouro - 70s, é tão invejável...me dá uma enorme vontade de inverter o tempo e o espaço, se assim fosse possível.

[@chriskroll4166]

Great suit 🤠

[@dianneangel6570]

Al, you are an extraordinary man.

[@lisabeano1313]

So many great performances. ❤

[@marynafe7418]

Donny Brasco, one of my favorite movies 🎥🍿

[@stephaniestanley8041]

I know from this interview that his core reason he chose acting was not fame but expression.

[@suraya1224]

A friend who worked in Manhattan in the late 70s, told me she was a friend of the woman who used to deliver coke to Al's apt, & accompanied her for a delivery once. She got a 5 second glimpse of him when he opened the door a crack, for the exchange.

[@carisa4420]

I was privileged enough to see him in Hughie at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. What a legend!!!

[@stella3265]

The actors studio was a place where creative people had complete freedom. when the great teachers passed on so did the studio. Sad to say it is a shell of its former self. We will never see the likes of the great legends from the past. Although the studio never brought Shakespeare to a national theater. I wonder why? In its full glory the studio was the clearing house of a new acting style that was uniquely American and the influence spread all over the world. Marlon being its most prominent exponent. Al Pacino and his generation are the children of Brando. I miss these guys terribly.

[@Joel-De-Luca1042]

Thank you for sharing this.A legend

[@briandillon6398]

Insomnia Great Movie with Tobin Williams

[@jeffdawson2786]

Al is awesome.

[@lindadeisher1815]

Al Pacino "The Man" Just captured my heart in "Heat" and Scent of a Woman, again touched my heart because you felt the hurt that he had within. I love Al Pacino. He is so passionate. God bless you! 🤗❤

[@yellowraccoon786]

great interview - pacino is always fun to listen to during these sorta sit downs!

[@LindaE-e6f]

The scene of the killing of his daughter on the steps, his gut wrenching scream was powerful, Al Pacino Dug Deep with that powerful scene.

[@abyabhu]

Chal means move in hindi (India). Chal moving company. What a name

[@brianpress1392]

Al Pacino, Was Great in The Godfather, Obviously, And Scarface, ✴️✴️✴️ If I Guess it Wasn't For The Drugs, Being The Main Part of The Movie i Believe He Would've Been Nominated If Not Would have Received The Oscar For His Great Performance As Tony Montana. Al Pacino ✴️✴️✴️👍🏻

[@benelezi]

I'm watching this clip now i I'm a emigrant in new york when i came to new york in 1995 i did not speak no English i learned English watching his movies if he dies it will effect me a great deal

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

Love al Pacino. He looked his best in the movie scareface. Where he portrayed tony Montana.

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

No his most handsome Serpico great performance

[@jimmyeatsmovies893]

Never in the scene together! 😇🥰 Devil's, if I only had to more page's to write my thoughts...

[@enriquegilmour]

Al Pacino is in his 80's and has never been married. Smart guy.

[@cfiroger1]

He’s married to his work for sure

[@albaproductions9602]

I saw panic in needle park as a kid, I knew then I wanted to be an actor

[@serfardi]

YEAH

[@genideoliveirasantos1441]

Lógico que meu coração ainda está magoado pois fui injustamente humilhada mas preferi ver essa criatura como um nada . E não sei fingir pois realmente gosto de tudo seu , e mais são muitos anos que me orgulho de ser fiel a nossa amizade. Eu surgi primeiro que essa criatura terrível. Desculpe me mas sou assim … verdadeira . ❤ esse vídeo é maravilhoso sem dúvida. ❤❤❤

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Movies dont do much AL❤❤🎉🎉

[@paulferranti8536]

A scripts best friend.

[@CasperLCat]

Pacino’s right that audiences didn’t want to see Michael repent of his sins in Part 3. I always thought 3 was a superbly made movie, like the first 2. IMO, the audience hatred of it, was really their hatred of Michael “weakening” in the 3rd. They want to be gangsta themselves (in their minds), so they felt betrayed by Michael’s growth as a human being.

[@roboliver9980]

The older you get the more you appreciate the third movie and its themes

[@MidnightRambler]

great actor and mostly shuts his most about politics

[@acooksla]

I have met Bob DeNiro a few times, he is painfully shy

[@darylcumming7119]

What happened to discussion about the controversial film " Cruising " ? Thanks for the upload.

[@Enr227]

I wish Lipton had thrown some attention to the millions of victims of the intact nuclear family.

[@MrVideoyoulike]

RIP James

[@AlanSenzaki]

kevin spacy?!😮

[@ProdSangreNueva]

The Marlon Brando of his generation.

[@isaacgraham5727]

This is a great episode but it bothers me that they showed that particular clip of angels in America and cut it off where they did, rather than let it play for 5 more seconds. Because they left out the punchline! Roy/Al does his speech about homosexuals and how he isn’t one because he has clout and power, then he asks the doctor “So, what do I have?” And the doctor looks at him soberly and repeats once more, “You have AIDS, Roy.” Which is what he told him in the beginning. Because that’s the point - that’s what it comes down to in the end. Roy can talk all he wants about power and labels and how he will never be a “homosexual”, but it *is* all bullshit and sophistry because in the end Roy is going to die along with his unacknowledged brothers in the same horrific way, whether he likes it or not. Power counts for nothing in the end.

[@chriskroll4166]

That's a great movie 🎥🍿 I thought they handled that subject brilliantly and with compassion. I love the scene where he passes away and the male nurse takes all the medicine out of that little fridge for his friends. I would have done the same thing. 😁

[@sherinjohn001]

Al's dad looked like Tobey Maguire 😊

[@enriquegilmour]

So was Al Pacino's performance in Scent of A Woman more Oscar worthy than Glengarry Glen Ross? Or Serpico? What about The Godfather? I think that he was much better in The Insider, and he wasn't even nominated for that one. It was a better movie than Scent of A Woman, also I think.

[@tv-guyflicklife7961]

did he get off the tan machine before this appearance?

[@velsie2303]

idk why he started tanning in 2004 it doesnt suit him he's too pale naturally lol so it doesnt work

[@tv-guyflicklife7961]

@@velsie2303 what complexion do i resemble the most?

[@velsie2303]

@@tv-guyflicklife7961 middle

[@acooksla]

Yes, he has been doing this for years. Now that he is in his eighties it looks more bizarre than ever.

[@thallesvinicius2729]

02;30

[@acooksla]

He has mostly overacted in many roles but has been wonderful in a number of films. He isn’t my favorite but I have enjoyed him here and there. He seems like a very nice man.

[@RagGerRock888]

His accent is so spot on in Scarface. Poorly written but Al sparks!

[@frnkgt00]

Amazing actor and human being Al Pacino but this interviewer is terrible yikes

[@marynafe7418]

Why are actors treated like royalty in this country?? Curious

[@playinragz8183]

37:00 Pachino admits his occult use. But people just pretend they don’t hear it.

[@robertblauner7680]

...save it, crackpot.

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

if you say so

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

I have gone back twice, recently, to watch 'Scarface' and it is really an awful film... as I summized initially only to be convinced by peers it was genius. Melodramatic and over done, cooked to death.

[@bukowski20]

Spectacularly bad, yes.

[@chriskroll4166]

He was probably doing exactly what the director told him to do. So it gets out of his hands. Brian de Palma has always made movies like that . 😁

[@bukowski20]

@@chriskroll4166 That's a good point. Fair

[@chriskroll4166]

@@bukowski20 I saw an interview with De Nero once and he said that he always trusts his director because if he can't trust him then who can he trust. But sometimes it doesn't always work out well 🤠

[@roboliver9980]

That’s literally what they were aiming for. Excessive, coke fuelled and melodramatic. It’s iconic of the 80s and the selfish take what you want culture.

[@briandillon6398]

Unlike Deniro seems to stay out of politics

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

or jon voight, rob schneider, james wood.... many others who speak politics. Guess it's just the ones you disagree with

[@movid]

🙄 Unfortunately..Al Pacino became a caricature of himself in many later roles, like Scent of a woman, Merchant of Venice, even Scarface, he's clowning much too much. He was at the top and a delight in The Godfather, Glengarry, and a few more.. Even Sea of Love. 🎈

[@CesarM780]

I know what you mean, some scenes in Heat

[@movid]

@godcandy777 right 👍 on, I only saw some scenes but I do remember now... Forgot about this one, perfect role for grotesque performance haha

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

disagree.....don't even know what that's supposed to mean caricature of himself. You're wrong

[@movid]

@martinwoyzeck2634 I'm wrong? 😂 It's so obvious that he turned into a clown in later roles

[@stevemccormack5856]

Over actor

[@MariaWelsh-lu6fg]

This is my man. As far as acting is concerned there is no other greater. 💜🫶🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@peteperic5822]

No one will ever announce like late Mr Lipton. RiP.

[@johndevitt6412]

Wasted life.

[@tv-guyflicklife7961]

how so?

[@tv-guyflicklife7961]

@godcandy777 what tv show?

[@imaweird001]

How come? Will you explain to me?

[@roboliver9980]

All major acting awards. A life full of adventure. Fulfilled desires to produce own work. Kids. Several long term relationships. If only we could all waste our lives like that!

[@carisa4420]

I was privileged enough to see him in Hughie at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. What a legend!!!