Pacino remarked on his hiatus from film: "I remember back when everything was happening, '74, '75, doing The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui on stage and reading that the reason I'd gone back to the stage was that my movie career was waning!
Pacino mengatakan tentang kevakumannya dari film: "Aku ingat kembali ketika semuanya terjadi, '74, '75, memainkan The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui diatas panggung teater dan membaca bahwa alasan aku pergi kembali ke panggung teater adalah karena karier film saya mulai memudar!