Al Pacino made a rare late night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (January 16) to talk about his film The Irishman, which has received 10 Oscar nominations.
The 79-year-old actor talked about his many Oscar nominations over the years, and revealed the second ceremony he attended for his third nomination for Best Actor for The Godfather: Part II was the one that really stood out for him.
“I was sitting there and it wasn’t at all like you’d expect,” Pacino said. “I went and I was sat there in this big event and I was with a friend. I had a few things, you know. I was not completely myself.”
“So everything was tolerable, you know? The nerves had calmed down. I was sitting there enjoying the show. I turned to Jeff Bridges — he was also nominated — and I said hi,” Al recalled. “I didn’t know him, but I knew he was Jeff Bridges, but I never met him. He said: ‘Yes? Hi. OK’ I thought, ‘He hasn’t seen my films’. But I said to him: ‘I don’t think they’re going to get to the best actor category. It’s an hour and they didn’t get to that category.’ He gave me a look to this day — I’ll never forget it — like, ‘Where do you come from, who are you?’ and said, ‘It’s three hours.’”
Al Pacino also talked about making Godfather 2, being aged down for The Irishman, his new show Hunters on Amazon Prime, and he takes questions from pedestrians on Hollywood Blvd.
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