Pacino - famous for his roles in iconic films ‘Scarface’, ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ - has lived for more than five decades in the spotlight and admitted that whilst he has an idea of what it is like to live a normal life, he doesn’t want to be anonymous.
He said: “I have access and I have friendliness everywhere I go. Why would I want to give that up? I had many years of anonymity. I’ve seen the other side of things and I’m grateful for it ... I think it (fame) is just another part of life and I’ve grown accustomed to it.”But forever the cool star, Pacino won’t take himself too seriously and laughed as he recalled a time when a passer by assumed that he was showing off.
He told Spotlight magazine: “I used to play paddle tennis, to get into shape. This is maybe 20 years ago. We had a team of doubles and all of the players had their last name across their chest. I had my name across my black shirt: PACINO. So I leave this place I was living in, down the by the water in LA, and I’m walking down the block on my way to a game. This middle-aged woman with a dog walks by and she sees my shirt, and she looks at me, and she says, ‘Oh, purrlease!’”
Pacino added: “I think anonymity is something that all people share but don’t understand, until you lose - then it has something of a meaning ... We all have a taste for attention. We all liked to be acknowledged and respond to being appreciated. That’s one thing. To be so invisible? That’s another.”
