Al
Pacino
has
been
honoured
with
the
American
Film
Institute's
Life
Achievement
Award.
The
Scarface
actor,
who
received
the
acting
institution's
highest
honour
at
Los
Angeles'
Kodak
Theatre,
was
left
visibly
moved
as
a
series
of
Hollywood
stars
paid
tribute
to
him.
Upon
collecting
his
award,
Pacino
said,
"I
need
a
character.
I
don't
think
of
myself
as
being
able
to
do
anything.
Seeing
my
life
in
the
movies,
I
have
one
question.
And
that
is,
'Why
aren't
I
in
rehab?'
"By
age
3,
I
was
doing
Al
Jolson
(legendary
singer
who
starred
in
the
first
'talking'
film).
I
found,
in
the
theatre,
this
place
I
could
go
to.
I
found
this
peace.
It
means
so
many
things
to
be
honoured
like
this.
It
feels
great".
The
three-hour
gala
featured
clips
from
Pacino's
biggest
films
including
The
Godfather,
Scent
of
a
Woman
and
Serpico.
Director
Oliver
Stone,
who
wrote
'Scarface'
in
which
Pacino
starred
as
a
violent
drug
dealer,
paid
tribute
to
one
of
Pacino's
most
famous
lines.
Stone
said:
"Al
has
a
wicked
sense
of
humour
and
a
great,
if
misunderstood,
heart.
It
is
with
great
love
and
respect
that
I
say
goodnight
to
the
bad
guy."
Jamie
Foxx,
who
starred
alongside
the
67-year-old
in
Any
Given
Sunday,
hailed
him
as
"the
greatest
actor
in
the
world".
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