In his new memoir, Oscar winning actor Al Pacino says at one point he was paying his landscaper $400,000 a year to maintain a property he didn't even live in.
Al Pacino attends the premiere of Amazon Prime Video's "Hunters" at DGA Theater on February 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.So when the now-84-year-old started amassing millions from his roles in noteworthy films like "The Godfather" and " Scarface ," he didn't keep a close eye on where it was going, he writes in his new memoir, ""I didn't understand how money worked, any more than I understood how a career worked," he writes.
Pacino's inexperience wasn't the only factor contributing to his financial problems, though. He eventually learned his accountant had mismanaged his funds to the point of leaving him broke. "I had $50 million and then I had nothing," he writes.By that point, Pacino was in his seventies and didn't think he would be able to earn the kind of money from acting he did during the height of his career.
However, Pacino found a way to turn something he already loved doing into a money-making opportunity: hosting seminars.
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