Sometimes The Only Way You Can Get

It Surprised Me, The Feeling I Got When I Won The Oscar For 'scent Of A Woman.' It Was A New Feeling. I'd Never Felt It. I Don't See My Oscar Much Now. But When I First Got It, There Was A Feeling For Weeks Afterward That I Guess Is Akin To Winning A Gold Medal In The Olympics.

When [julia Marie Pacino] Was 5 Or 6 Years Old, We Were In An Italian Restaurant, And These People Came By The Table And They Would Start Talking To Me, Asking Me For My Autograph And She Just Went Under The Table.

I Turned Down A Lot Of Films Before I Made My First One. I Knew That It Was Time For Me To Get Into Movies.

Failure's Relative. I've Always Felt, Even Early On, If I Lose The Freedom To Fail, Something's Not Right About That. It's How You Treat Failure, Too. There's Something To Learn From It. I've Had Movies That Have Failed Colossally, So You Kind Of Analyze Your Failures: What Kind Of Failure Was It? A Failure Because It's Misunderstood By Others? A Failure Because You Misunderstood It Yourself?

A Kiss Is A Lusty Dollop Of Dessert To Be Served With Desire And Savored With Passion.