schwartz, and thank you for taking an interest. >> al pacino in a late career role as a classic moviee name of pacino's just-released memoir. here in an interview with the legendary actor, we get a story of his past financial struggles, and upbringing in the bronx. >> i would say i had never heard until this book came out about how you were fleeced. >> fleeced? >> all of your money. >> gone. >> reporter: from 50 million to nothing? >> a fool and his money is soon parted. >> your father, the accountant? >> my father is an accountant. >> how did it happen? >> i don't know. i just didn't think about money. some people don't. i mean, you would think about it, of course, especially when you have kids. then it comes in to play. i think that, yeah, my thing with money, and then i find out that it's gone, all of it's gone. i got about three different places i live, and i'm supporting -- >> $400,000 landscaping bill for a house that you said you never went to? >> well l.a. i never went to, of course. but i didn't look at certain things, and unfortunately i still don't. i think i have to be awa

my inner al pacino. everybody has one. -i don't. -sure, you do. anyway, i thought a scavenger hunt would be fun. dads don't want fun on father's day. they want to put their hand down their pants and watch a guy from a weird country win a golf tournament. [♪ dramatic music playing] who's ready to scavenger hunt? i'll be your guide, today. hop on and, uh, please excuse the clutter. i'm kind of no mad landing it in this thing. can i move this bucket? i wouldn't move or open any buckets. now, i'm gonna put on a microphone headset even though i'm mere feet from you. -[feedback whines] -let's open that first clue and start pedaling. [whirring] this is very hard. yeah, it's usually bachelorette parties on these things, so, they mostly run on "woos!" "kids grow up so fast. luckily, we are there for them when they need that extra support. -this is where you bought meg's first bra." -at goodwill. oh, that's where i got junior's first bra. happy father's day, daddy. a bunch of grabby fellas at the mall thought he was... [sighs] lizzo. [♪ dramatic music playi

and al pacino. ralph lauren. tracy morgan. justice sonia sotomayor. of course, j.lo.r: what makes it so special? i went on a fact-finding mission starting with the author who spent 15 years walking. yes, walking across its 71 neighborhoods. and who are we here with? >> my name is ian frazier. i'm known adds sandy to my friends. >> reporter: we are not friends. sandy wrote about his journey in the book paradise, california. you are a writer. you wrote about places all over the world. why the bronx? >> i considered it a blessed place where all kinds of different things happened. the feeling in the bronx is kind of underdogs that won't be underdogs. won't accept it. >> reporter: as for the name, it forest flowed from the oldest forest in the city. >> jonas bronck owned a farm backed up upon this river. and so the river was called bronx river. and then that became bronx land. >> reporter: which eventually became the bronx. once a country retreat for the rich, the bronx was built by the subways only to be nearly destroyed by highways. the cross bronx expressway is beautifu

i was just reading al pacino's book, which you have his picture there. it's okay.d? even though i wanted so badly to succeed? and al said, i didn't want to succeed. i needed to succeed. so i never thought of it in terms of fame. you know, when i was young, i just thought of it in terms of just really desperately wanting to do good work, you know? but. so i never saw a time frame. i just wanted to be great. that's all. >> okay. >> and your fans truly spanned generations. >> my kids fell in love with kimmy schmidt during the pandemic. they're teenagers now, so they love you, too. thank you. let's talk about this film, because i said there are a lot of people talking about this film, and particularly your role in it between the temples. we should point out that a bat mitzvah usually takes place at the age of 12 or 13. in this case, yours takes place at the age of 70. for people who haven't seen the film yet, explain a little bit. >> well, my character is karla, and i've always wanted to be bat mitzvah since i was a young girl. but my parents, i was red diaper babies a

i was just reading al pacino's book -- which you have his picture there -- and he talks about that, thatd you succeed even though i wanted so badly to succeed, and al said, i didn't want to succeed, i needed to succeed. so i never thought of it in terms of fame, you know, when i was young. i just thought of it in terms of just really desperately wanting to do good work, so i never saw a time frame. i just wanted to be great. that's all. >> okay. >> and your fans truly span generations. my kids fell in love with kimmy schmidt during the pandemic. they're teenagers now and they love you. >> thank you. >> a lot of people talking about this film and particularly your role in it "between the temples." we should point out ba mitt va usually takes place at 12 or 13. in this case yours takes place at 70. for people who haven't seen the film, explain the background. >> my character is carla and i've always wanted to be ba mitt va since i was a young girl but my parents -- i read diaper babies and wouldn't allow it. i got married young and my husband wouldn't allow it. he recently died when the fi