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Biography:
'Robert De Niro' , who is thought of as one of the greatest actors of his time,
was born in New York City in 1943 to two artists. He was trained at the
Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first gained
fame for his role in Bang the Drum ...(read more)
'Robert De Niro' , who is thought of as one of the greatest actors of his time,
was born in New York City in 1943 to two artists. He was trained at the
Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first gained
fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) , but he gained his reputation as a
volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973) , which was his first film with director
'Martin Scorsese' . In 1974 De Niro received an Academy Award for best supporting
actor for his role in Godfather: Part II, The (1974) and received Academy Award nomations for
best actor in Taxi Driver (1976) , Deer Hunter, The (1978) , and Cape Fear (1991) . He
won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull (1980) . De Niro currently heads
his own production company, Tribeca Film Center, and made his
directorial debut in 1993 with Bronx Tale, A (1993) .
Matt Dicker
Trademarks:
* Often played characters that were often prone to brutal
violence and/or characters who were borderline psychotics.
* Known for method acting techniques with his characters by heavily studying
their backgrounds.
* Often played characters that were often prone to brutal
violence and/or characters who were borderline psychotics.
* Known for method acting techniques with his characters by heavily studying
their backgrounds.
Quotes:
* "The talent is in the choices."
* "It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their
feelings, they try to hide them."
* "I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."
* "Don't talk it (shooting a scene) away, do ...(read more)
* "The talent is in the choices."
* "It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their
feelings, they try to hide them."
* "I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."
* "Don't talk it (shooting a scene) away, do it!"
* "Some people say that drama is easy, and comedy is hard. Not true. I've
been making comedies the last couple years, and it's nice. When you
make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer,
or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face.
On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an
hour, and you go home."
* "I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates,
but the truth is they're running the asylum. You've got to look at the
whole studio structure. There's these guys. We call them suits. They
have the power to okay a film. They're like your parents, going, 'We
have the money.' But at the same time they say to us actors, 'We love
you. We can't do without you.' You know, I've been around a long time.
I've seen the suits run the asylum. I think I can do it as good or even
better. Let me try it. That's why I have TriBeCa." --Chicago Sun-
Times, January 8, 1998
* I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, "There's
no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now.
That's the way it is. That's it."
* "I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a
fascinating human being. I had to decide early on wether I was to be an
actor or a personality."
* "The whole thing is for younger people who are sexy and youthful." - on
acting
* "The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as
much right to be portrayed as any other characters. There are other
characters I have played, other than those ones that have been called
stereotypes or whatever. So." (His thoughts on the 'mobster' characters
he portrays in a lot of his movies)
* "People treat me with a bit too much reverence. Look at Dustin Hoffman.
I always envy the way he can speak and be smart and funny and so on. I
just can't do that."
* "Al, over the years we've taken roles from one another. People have
tried to compare us to one another, to pit us against each one another
and to tear us apart personally. I've never seen the comparison
frankly. I'm clearly much taller, more the leading-man type. Honestly,
you just may be the finest actor of our generation - with the possible
exception of me." (talking about Al Pacino)
* "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's
lives without having to pay the price."
* "I am part Italian, I'm not all Italian. I'm part Dutch, I'm part
French, I'm part German, I'm part Irish. But my name is Italian and I
probably identify more with my Italian side than with my other
parts."
* "If there is a God he has a lot to answer for."
* "You'll have time to rest when you're dead."
* "After my first movies, I gave interviews. Then I thought, what's so
important about where I went to school, and hobbies ... what does any
of that have to do with acting, with my own head?"
* "There is a mixture of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
* "I love Italy and I have a deep tie with my Italian roots. I stand for
Kerry, I hope he will arrive at the White House. We need a different
Government to represent America. The change of presidency would be a
clear and international sign to say that we are approaching again to
the rest of the world. I don't want any prize that can influence this
election. I stand for Kerry." (2004)
* (On Taxi Driver's infamous line) "You have no idea that years later,
people in cars will recognize you on the street and shout, 'You talkin'
to me?' I don't remember the original script, but I don't think the
line was in it. We improvised. For some reason it touched a nerve. That
happens."
* "Some people say, 'New York's a great place to visit, but I wouldn't
want to live there.' I say that about other places."
* "It's true: I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of Bloody
Mama. When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help
you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident
and less intense about it -- and you can achieve the same effect. You
might even be able to achieve more if you take your mind off it,
because you're relaxed. That's the key to it all. When you're relaxed
and confident, you get good stuff."
* "Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't
see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work. When I'm directing a
great dramatic scene, part of me is saying, 'Thank God I don't have to
do that.' Because I know how fucking hard it is to act. It's the middle
of the night. It's freezing. You gotta do this scene. You gotta get it
up to get to that point. And yet, as a director, you've got to get the
actors to that point. It's hard either way."
* "When I was a teenager, I went to the Dramatic Workshop at the New
School. The school had a lot of actors under the GI Bill -- Rod
Steiger, Harry Belafonte, the generation ahead of me. I went in there
and the director said to me, "Vy do you vant to be an acteh?" I didn't
know how to answer, so I didn't say anything. And he said, "To express
yourself!" And I said, "Yeah, yeah, that's it. That's right."
* (On witnessing 9-11) "I left a meeting right after they hit the World
Trade Center. I went to my apartment, which looks south, and I watched
it out my window. I could see the line of fire across the North Tower.
I had my binoculars and a video camera -- though I didn't want to video
it. I saw a few people jump. Then I saw the South Tower go. It was so
unreal, I had to confirm it by immediately looking at the television
screen. CNN was on. That was the only way to make it real. Like my son
said, 'It was like watching the moon fall.'"
* "The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to
you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're
saying -- even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who
can tell you what you don't want to hear."
* "I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an
audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors.
You're behind the eight ball when you go in there. At this point in my
career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my
rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected.
They can humble you pretty quick."
* "Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're
lucky."
* I only go to Los Angeles when I am paid for it.
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