"He's got a talent, and a career, that puts many actors to shame -- for good reason.  Al Pacino is a national treasure, the royalty of a generation of actors we might never see again, who along with Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, helped define 1960s and '70s angst and alienation in American cinema...."

Source: Hollywood Celebrates Al Pacino: An American Cinematheque Tribute, Written by Marilyn Moss for the Hollywood Reporter, Jan. 20, 2006.

I'd like to be remembered as the only man who lived to be 250 years old! [Laughs] And as someone who had a chance to do what he always wanted to do. I like to think I'm a guy who wasn't going to make it, and I did. So it's good to buck the odds. If that means anything to anyone, I will be grateful from the beyond!"

Interview by Ken Burns for "USA Weekend"

Issue Date: January 26, 2003