Al Pacino he writes in his memoir titled “Sonny Boy” that he is “haunted” by the childhood injury to his penis. The accident happened when he was living in the South Bronx, New York when he was 10 years old. “I was walking on a thin iron fence and dancing”the 84-year-old “Godfather” actor writes in the book, according to “People.”

He remembers being bent over and feeling so much pain that he had trouble even walking to his house. Fortunately, an elderly gentleman helped him and took him to his aunt’s house, where a doctor was then called.

“I was lying there in bed with my pants down around my ankles as the three women in my life – my mother, my aunt and my grandmother – were prodding and examining my penis.”writes Al Pacino. In fact, he notes that the pain he felt was so great that to this day he “carries” it inside you, “haunts” him. “To this day I am haunted by the thought of him”he says.

The Italian-American Alfredo James Pacino was born in 1940 in Manhattan, New York. His nickname was ‘Sonny Boy’, as is the title of his book. Sonny Boy was the title of a song by the actor and singer Al Jolson, which Pacino imitated when he was three years old. His parents divorced, his father left for California, and little Al moved in with his mother Rose, in her parents’ house, in the Bronx.

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His grandfather, who was Italian from the Sicilian village of Corleone, played a large role in his upbringing and together with his mother, who often took him to the movies, strongly supported his desire to become an actor. His family was poor and, as he himself has said, his mother did not live to experience his recognition, for which she would have been very happy… The 84-year-old actor has a son, Roman, with producer Noor Alfalah. He is also father to Julie, 34, with Jan Tarrant, and twins Anton and Olivia, 23, with actress Beverly D’Angelo.

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Al Pacino describes the incident as “one of the most embarrassing experiences” of his life, while writing about his ability to “cheat death on a regular basis” in the first chapter of “Sonny Boy.” He also likens himself to “a cat with many more than lives…”.

The famous actor recalls in his memoirs a wealth of experiences from his childhood and career, including his mother’s suicide attempt. Also, the actor describes in detail how he went bankrupt during his decade-long, Academy Award-winning career. Last week, Pacino told People that he decided to write this book because he felt he “had to.”