him this time and eventually got his man. He has turned down roles in Pretty Woman, Kramer vs Kramer, Apocalypse Now. He was often paid less than what he deserved for his films, for his role in The Godfather he was only paid $35,000, now his current asking price is 9 million dollars per film. Gooden 3In life we all deal with many obstacles and turmoil however, Pacino never allowed his problems to keep him down renowned for three-day alcohol binges until he joined AA. He ended 40-a-day smoking habit in 1994 to protect his voice. Now smokes herbal cigarettes, which have no nicotine in them. Pacino adjusted his life for his career and that is what actors do for the love of their job. Common people, like myself adjusts careers to meet my expectations of life. Al Pacino said, "You're a tightrope walker, and you have the wire up 100 feet," Pacino philosophized earlier this month at a panel discussion of stage and screen acting at the Telluride Film Festival. (St. Pete Times.)"You start going across, and if you get shaky, you have to either get to the other side or go back again and start over, which you certainly don't want to do. That's theater." (St. Pete Times)"Movies are like the same thing, only the wire is on the floor."Andrew Yule wrote a book about Al Pacino Life on the Wire: The Life and Art of Al Pacino, "In films, there are other chances to get a performance right. But anything can happen on the stage. You get used to that adrenaline thing the theater has. All kinds of chemicals start to work for you in your body. You can start to miss it. You want to get back to that kind of feeling, 100 feet up there." He states that he, “likes films but he would rather be on the stage performing.” ...
