al pacino on robert de niro: “i remember seeing things that bob had done in the past, and very recent times, and have been taken with the work so much that i even wrote him about it. some of his great work - which is plenty - i was staggered by the subtlety of his portrayal and the warmth, which is what we often talk about with bob among us actors who admire him so. it is the warmth and the way he approaches things.”
robert de niro on al pacino: “al, over the years, we’ve taken roles from each other. people have tried to compare us to one another, to put us against one another and to tear us apart personally. i’ve never seen the comparison frankly. i’m clearly much taller, more the leading-man type. honestly, you just may be the finest actor of our generation - with the possible exception of me.”
