AL PACINO - PACINO OFFERS ACTING TIPS AFTER COLLECTING CAREER HONOUR

PACINO OFFERS ACTING TIPS AFTER COLLECTING CAREER HONOUR

Hollywood legend AL PACINO gave aspiring actors some sound advice after picking up a prestigious acting award at the third annual Rome Film Festival on Wednesday (22Oct08).
The Oscar winner attended the Italian event to collect the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the festival's tribute to the Actors Studio of New York - a theatre workshop of which Pacino is a board member.
The star was praised by Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno for representing Italian-Americans throughout his film career.
He told reporters, "Al Pacino in our image is a star who represents the bridge between Italy and America in a very strong way, the link of brotherhood that there is between the two populations."
And the Scarface star went on to thrill movie fans by giving an impromptu coaching session on how to become a successful actor.
He told the eager crowd, "Learn your words, and how to rehearse, and then rehearse. My style is to allow the unconscious to be free, so you don't censor yourself."
A number of the actor's movies will be screened at the event - apart from his recent collaboration with Robert De Niro, Righteous Kill, which was withdrawn from the festival for undisclosed reasons.