Al Pacino makes revelatory confessions about his personal and professional life in his latest memoir, Sonny Boy. One of these revelations concerns his troubles after facing a major financial loss thanks to an accounting professional, who served a jail time of around eight years for a fraudulent scheme. The person mishandled the actor’s funds, which swiped out all his savings.
“I was broke. I had $50 million, and then I had nothing. I had property, but I didn’t have any money,” the actor reminisces about his situation.
The actor remembered that the situation forced him to take on roles in his 70s that he otherwise would not have.
“I wasn’t a young buck, and I was not going to be making the kind of money from acting in films that I had made before. The big paydays that I was used to just weren’t coming around anymore. The pendulum had swung, and I found it harder to find parts for myself,” Pacino conveyed through his memoir.
Around that time, the actor “was doing films if I thought I related to the part and felt I could bring something.” Some of those films that fit the bill for Pacino are 88 Minutes, Jack and Jill, and Ocean's 13.
About Jack and Jill, Pacino stated, “To be honest, I did it because I didn’t have anything else. Adam Sandler wanted me, and they paid me a lot for it. So I went out and did it, and it helped. I love Adam, he was wonderful to work with and has become a dear friend. He also just happens to be a great actor and a hell of a guy.”
