I Hope The Perception Is That

Pacino has expressed this distinction between actor and star in multiple interviews throughout his career. Trained at the HB Studio and the Actors Studio in New York, Pacino came up in the theater tradition where the work was the point and celebrity was incidental. He has spoken about being caught off guard by the scale of his fame after The Godfather (1972) and about his preference for being seen as a craftsman rather than a celebrity.