Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino – A meandering but not unengaging memoir from Hollywood’s enduring oddball
The star reflects on his ‘difficult’ reputation, his baffling and hilarious money troubles, and how drinking ‘saved his life’ ...
Why Al Pacino’s ‘Sonny Boy’ is a story you have to hear
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Why Al Pacino’s ‘Sonny Boy’ is a story you have to hear
And Al Pacino ... and “Scarface” and can do a passable “Scent of a Woman”-inspired “hoo-WAA” when needed (though, thankfully, it’s rarely requested), but even though Pacino has ...
“I am this guy”: the character that marked the pinnacle of Al Pacino’s method acting
Al Pacino was one of the young actors in the 1970s who brought the Method to Hollywood, and with one character, he found ...
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A More Freewheeling Book Lives Inside Al Pacino’s Memoir
From Shakespeare to Strindberg to “Scarface”: The actor remembers all ... SONNY BOY: A Memoir, by Al Pacino Al Pacino was a young actor in 1968, rehearsing for a now-forgotten play called ...
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‘Please Tell Me, What’s Wrong With Me?’
In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Al Pacino looks back ... Steve Wood/Express/Getty Images Pacino’s new memoir, Sonny Boy, is a 363-page attempt to make sense of all that, drawing a through-line ...
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Al Pacino’s memoir reveals a life spent in the shadow of stardom
They’re words on a page, but it’s Al ... drawing on how his friend, famed acting coach Lee Strasberg, described talent: as “a blade of grass growing up out of a block of concrete”. The ...
The 20 Best Actors Of All Time
What do the best actors of all time have in common? Numerous Oscar wins and nominations, many other honors, and long careers ...