In "The Godfather" there is a moment of acting so perfect, so brilliant, that it tells the entire story on its own. After Don Vito is shot in the street, his son Michael goes to visit him in hospital and finds there is no-one there - no Family guards, no private security, no-one. He knows that means their enemies are coming back to finish off the Don, so he hides his father in another room, and then stands outside the hospital pretending to be a "soldier", and ropes in the hapless Enzo, a simple baker who has also turned up to pay his respects to the Don. It works; the rival guns show up, see Michael and Enzo outside the door, and think the plan has gone wrong so they just drive away. When they've gone, Enzo wants to smoke, but his hands are shaking so much he can't get a light going, so Michael does it for him - and that's when it happens. Just for a second, as Michael gives Enzo the light, he looks at his own hand...and it is steady as a rock. And it is all there, for a fleeting second, in Pacino's eyes; "Well, that's that then. I didn't want this life, I wasn't supposed to have this life, but this is who I am."
