Al Pacino revealed why he is at all times “shied away” from marriage regardless of having long-term relationships all through his storied profession.
Pacino, now 84, wrote about his choice to not marry in his memoir “Sonny Boy.” Within the e book, he wrote about his relationship with Kathleen Quinlan, which he described as “the closest I’ve ever come to getting married.”
“But I’ve always shied away from marriage,” he famous, in accordance with Individuals journal. “I guess I didn’t see how it would help anything. I just wanted to avoid what I thought, at the time, was the inevitable: an entrance to the pain train.”
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Al Pacino by no means married regardless of coming shut with ex-girlfriend Kathleen Quinlan. (Getty Photos)
Pacino revealed, “it wasn’t easy to say no to marriage with a woman I love.”
“It hurt when she left, and I carried the hurt with me for years.”
Quinlan went on to marry Warren Lengthy. The 2 divorced on the identical day they had been married. The “Apollo 13” actress later married Bruce Abbott in 1994, however the two known as it quits in 2002. Abbott and Quinlan welcomed a son collectively in 1990.
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Diane Keaton dated her “The Godfather” co-star, Al Pacino. (Getty Photos)
“But I’ve always shied away from marriage. I guess I didn’t see how it would help anything. I just wanted to avoid what I thought, at the time, was the inevitable: an entrance to the pain train.”
“The Godfather” star has dated many actresses, together with his co-star Diane Keaton.
Pacino is presently single, after welcoming a son with ex-girlfriend Noor Alfallah in June 2023.
In an October 3 interview with Individuals journal, Pacino defined that he’s not in a relationship: “No. I have friendship.”
“Al and Noor are very good friends, have been for years, and are co-parents to their son Roman,” a consultant for the actor added.
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Al Pacino and Noor Alfallah welcomed a son collectively in 2023. (Photograph by Gotham/GC Photos)
Pacino and Alfallah had been first publicly romantically linked in 2020, however the two had really met years earlier at a cocktail party.
“I thought it was cool. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s Al Pacino,’” she recalled in an interview with Vogue Arabia. “I went to film school, so I wasn’t dumb about who he was. He’s a very talented and unique person. But I had no intention of thinking like, ‘Oh, he is going to be my son’s father one day.'”
Al Pacino and Noor Alfallah are not collectively. (Gotham/GC Photos)
Alfallah and Pacino established a friendship and when the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, the 2 started to spend extra time collectively.
“Al lives down the street from my house, and we started spending every day together, playing chess and watching movies. It was like film school with Al Pacino. ‘Did you ever see ‘Scarface’? he asked me. ‘No,’ I answered, ‘Though I know the lines. Say hello to my little friend.’”
“He showed me some obscure movies he was in, like one with Marthe Keller called ‘Bobby Deerfield,’ which is now my favorite of all his films,” Alfallah recalled. “I guess it just became something more.”
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