Meet Al Pacino, Male Gigolo. The 69-year-old film legend has confessed that as a young struggling actor he once sold his body in exchange for food and shelter.

Pacino — who would go on to star in classic motion pictures like The Godfather Trilogy, Scarface, and Carlito’s Way — had been living in his family’s native Sicily after dropping out of school to pursue his dream of acting.

“At 20, I lived in Sicily by selling the only asset I had – my body,” Pacino told The New York Post Monday. “An older woman traded food and housing in return for sex. I woke mornings not really loving myself.”