Al Pacino on The Godfather: 'It's taken me a lifetime to accept it and move on'

By Dave Itzkoff
New York Times·
15 mins to read
Al Pacino on The Godfather: 'It's taken me a lifetime to accept it and move on'
Al Pacino on The Godfather: 'It's taken me a lifetime to accept it and move on'

Fifty years later, the actor looks back on his breakthrough role: how he was cast, why he skipped the Oscars and what it all means to him now.

It's hard to imagine The Godfather without Al Pacino. His understated performance as Michael Corleone, who became a respectable war hero despite

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