The Hiatus
Something that people forget about Pacino is that he took a break from film acting for four years. He starred in a film called Revolution in 1985 that ended up being a complete flop on all fronts, so he went back to theater acting for many years. He actually started in theater (he won his first Tony award in 1969 before he was ever in The Godfather), so it wasn’t exactly unfamiliar territory to him.