Sharon Stone Says Robert De Niro Is ‘the Best Kisser in the Business’: ‘Kissed Me Right Out of My Shoes’

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• Sharon Stone didn’t hesitate to name Robert De Niro “the best kisser in the business”

• Stone and De Niro starred opposite each other in the 1995 film Casino, during which they filmed a steamy scene where De Niro “just knocked me out,” Stone said

• “Oh, he kissed me right out of my shoes,” the actress shared

Sharon Stone is reminiscing on the best kisser in Hollywood.

In an April 1 appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, Stone dished on the very best kiss from her acting career: a particular steamy scene with one Robert De Niro. The duo played Ginger McKenna and Sam “Ace” Rothstein, respectively, in Martin Scorsese’s 1995 crime classic, Casino.

“Oh my god. He’s the best kisser in the business,” Stone said, wistfully. As Cohen expressed his surprise, Stone doubled down: “Oh, he kissed me right out of my shoes.”

In the scene leading up to the big lip-lock, Stone recalled her character had to go to the bathroom, and because her character is a “hustler,” she gets De Niro’s Ace to give her money to go. In turn, Ace pulled out 50 dollars. “And I look at him like, ‘Really, I think a little more than 50 for the bathroom.'”

“And he looks at me, and he reaches in and he gives me like a hundred, and then I lean over and I kiss him. And he just really just knocked me out, right?” Stone recalled.

She continued, “And Marty [director Martin Scorsese] cut and he looks at us and he goes, ‘I think we got it, but would you guys like another one?’ And we were both looked at him and went, ‘Yeah, I think I think maybe we need one more.'”

Stone previously shared that early on in her career, it was her personal goal to work with De Niro one day. Speaking with Business Insider in August 2025, the Basic Instinct star shared she had auditioned numerous times with him, but it never panned out before Casino.

“It was my dream to work with De Niro and hold my own,” she told the outlet.

In a 2023 interview with Variety, Stone detailed the challenges of working as a woman in Hollywood and experiencing misogyny from “some really big stars.” Many times, the men she’s worked with sought to control her performance, so as not to outshine their own, she said.

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And while she’d run into her fair share of unsavory characters during her time in Hollywood, Stone assured the outlet that De Niro and their Casino costar Joe Pesci (who played Nicky Santoro) were the complete opposite.

“I’ve worked with some of the biggest stars in the business, who will literally talk through my close-up, telling me what they think I should do,” she said. “They’re so misogynistic — now, that is not Robert De Niro. That is not Joe Pesci, that is not those guys.”

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