Al Pacino has opened up about why he “avoided” marriage in his new memoir, admitting his decision not to get engaged caused him years of “pain.”
The Godfather actor, 84, has had a number of high-profile relationships throughout his illustrious career, including Diane Keaton, Jill Clayburgh, Penelope Ann Miller, Lyndall Hobbs and Lucila Solá, but he famously never case.
Writing in his memoirs, son sonAl revealed that he was strongly opposed to such a union because he never thought it would “help anything.”
But he came close to proposing to his ex-girlfriend and Apollo 13 actress Kathleen Quinlan, now 69.
“The time I spent with Kathleen was the closest I ever came to getting married,” he wrote. But I have always avoided marriage.
Al Pacino opens up about why he never got married
The Godfather actor, 84, had a series of high-profile relationships but famously never married.
‘I guess I didn’t see how it would help anything. I just wanted to avoid what I thought, at the time, was inevitable: an entry onto the pain train.’
He continued and added: ‘I thank God that Kathleen is still my friend to this day and I love her. But it wasn’t easy to say no to marriage with a woman he loved.
‘She knew what she wanted and she got it, except it was with someone else. I was hurt when she left and I carried that pain with me for years.’
Al dated Kathleen for approximately two years, from 1979 to 1981.
After their relationship, she married artist Warren Long in 1987. Their marriage did not last and they divorced years later.
She then married actor Bruce Abbott in 1994. They divorced in 2022.
Despite never having married, Al has fathered four children from three different relationships.
He shares daughter Julie Marie, 34, with acting coach Jan Tarrant, and has twins Anton and Olivia, 23, with National Lampoon’s Vacation actress Beverly D’Angelo.
Al dated Kathleen Quinlan for about two years, from 1979 to 1981 (pictured in 1983).
The actor shares twins Anton and Olivia with National Lampoon’s Vacation actress Beverly D’Angelo.
Most recently, in June 2023, Al welcomed his son Roman with 30-year-old producer and executive Noor Alfallah at the age of 83.
In August, while in Beverly Hills, Noor was asked if she would ever consider marrying Al, to which she responded, “I don’t know.”
She had previously commented that she had no intention of walking down the aisle with the Oscar winner, describing herself as “not the type to get married” in November 2023.
In a recent interview, Al said that becoming a father later in life was no different than when he was younger.
“It’s always the same,” the octogenarian actor legend told People. ‘It’s always the same. It’s a mini miracle. That’s all I can say.
‘It’s so wonderful to have children. For me, I loved it. It changed me, so to speak, for the better.
‘It changed me for life. And the idea of you focusing on other humans who happen to be your children… that’s where the love is.’
He remains “good friends and co-father” with the mother of his son Noor Alfallah (pictured)
Al and Noor welcomed their son Roman in June 2023, making Al one of the oldest fathers ever.
Hollywood legend Sonny Boy’s memoir was released on October 8.
Al remains a “good friend and co-father” to Noor despite ending their two-year romance just months after the birth of their son.
Since splitting from Noor, she has gone on “several dates” with Real Time host Bill Maher, who, at 68, is 38 years her senior.
Penguin Press published Pacino’s first memoir, Sonny Boy, on October 8.
Al was nicknamed ‘Sonny’ when he was a rebellious teenager attending the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, made famous in Alan Parker’s 1980 film Fame.
His memoirs also detail his stay at the headquarters of Scarface and The Godfather, in which he played mobster Michael Corleone.
The film may have earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but he was so anxious about the possibility of being fired that he secretly hoped that an on-set ankle injury would provide him with a chance to get out. the movie.
