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Chapter 14

  
1
  “liked the idea”:
Marilyn Beck, New York
Daily News
, January 7, 1986.

  
2
  “We weren’t even sure”:
“The Incredible Talent of Robert De Niro,” Barbara Goldsmith,
Parade
, December 2, 1984.

  
3
  
Candid Camera:
HRC.

  
4
  “The visual background”:
HRC.

  
5
  “I understand your problem”:
Yule,
Enigma
, 258.

  
6
  “Bob sees his role”:

The Mission
Diary,” Daniel Berrigan,
American Film
, November 1986.

  
7
  “There were floods”:
“The Shadow King.”

  
8
  “Jeremy [Irons] would come”:
“A Master Class on Movies from Producer David Puttnam—a Child of Celluloid and Sprocket Holes,” Geoffrey McNabb,
The Independent
(London), May 10, 2013.

  
9
  “Well, Bobby, you may be right”:
Yule,
Enigma
, 272.

10
  “I tell people, ‘You deal with me’ ”:
“Woman About Town,” James Servin,
New York Times
, June 28, 1992.

11
  “I always wanted to do a play”:
“An Unlikely Odyssey to Broadway,” Leslie Bennetts,
New York Times
, July 17, 1986.

12
  “He trusted us”:
“Povod’s
Teddy Bear
Makes the Push to Broadway,” Michael Kuchwara,
New York Post
, July 19, 1986.

13
  “With Bob De Niro”:
“An Unlikely Odyssey to Broadway.”

14
  “After rehearsals”:
“The Shadow King.”

15
  “Because I was an understudy”:
Author interview.

16
  “All these big celebrities”:
Author interview.

17
  “There was this one scene”:
Author interview.

18
  “I don’t know that my way”:
“De Niro,” Schruers.

Chapter 15

  
1
  “He was lovely”:
“Untouchable De Niro,” Joan Goodman, Observer (London), September 30, 1987.

  
2
  “You know, one morning”:
Chicago Sun-Times
, March 12, 1989.

  
3
  “Brian and I both worried”:
“Untouchable De Niro.”

  
4
  “We have the opportunity”:
Linson,
A
Pound of Flesh
, 137.

  
5
  “Are you kidding”:
“Untouchable De Niro.”

  
6
  “He was thin”:
Ibid.

  
7
  “great … good … nice”:
Linson,
A
Pound of Flesh
, 154.

  
8
  “It was like witnessing”:
Ibid., 158.

  
9
  “It took a week”:
“The Mob at the Movies,” Tom Mathews,
Newsweek
, June 22, 1987.

10
  “The Sicilian is a darker”:
Ibid.

11
  “It’s also personal”:
HRC.

Chapter 16

  
1
  “If we were going”:
“Robert De Niro,” Peter Williams,
Time Out
, September 7, 1988.

  
2
  “It’s not a yuk-yuk”:
Ibid.

  
3
  “Sometimes, when I do something”:
“Playboy Interview: Robert De Niro.”

  
4
  “When I was doing”:
“Reluctant Robert,” Diana Maychick,
New York Post
, March 8, 1989.

  
5
  “There’s a feeling”:
“De Niro Talks About Acting,” Marchall Fine,
Gannett News Service
, March 12, 1989.

  
6
  “think of Leonard Melfi”:
HRC.

  
7
  “I could just play it”:
“Maximum Expression.”

  
8
  “I like Sean”:
Ibid.

  
9
  “When Art called”:

Angels
Find Heaven in the Canadian Bush,” Moira Farrow,
New York Times
, May 28, 1989.

10
  “The script has all”:
Ibid.

11
  “Sean and Bob”:
Ibid.

12
  “I was trying to find a line”:
“Coiled and Steady,” Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune
, March 5, 1989.

Chapter 17

  
1
  “This resident can be described”:
HRC.

  
2
  “I was drawn to the book”:
“Fall Preview: Movies,” David Denby,
New York
, September 10, 1990.

  
3
  “Lots of bets”:
HRC.

  
4
  “Anyone who wants to live”:

Goodfellas
Look at the Banality of Mob Life,” Susan Linfield,
New York Times
, September 16, 1990.

  
5
  “I’ll never forget first meeting”:
“Untouchable World of De Niro the Godfather.”

  
6
  “like overhearing a man”:
“Into a Realm Where Time Stops,” Oliver Sacks,
New York Times
, December 16, 1990.

  
7
  “Bob’s method”:
Ibid.

  
8
  “You say, ‘Bob’ ”:
“Miracles Happen in
Awakenings
,” Fred Schruers,
Premiere
, January 1991.

  
9
  “I had my nose broken”:
“Method and the Man.”

10
  “A writer or a painter”:
“De Niro Is Trying Life Behind the Camera,” William H. Honan,
New York Times
, August 23, 1989.

11
  “There were 20 people”:
“Wagging Tale,” Merle Ginsberg, W, March 1998.

12
  “Bob was shooting”:
Ibid.

13
  “He said, ‘What do you want”:
“Tribeca Titan,” Amy Clyde,
Vogue
, August 1993.

14
  “Look, if it doesn’t work out”:
“De Niro’s Leading Lady,” Joanna Molloy,
New York
, July 27, 1992.

15
  “There was one guy”:
W, March 1998.

16
  “She puts it all”:
“Jane of All Trades,” Meryl Gordon,
New York
, May 6, 2002.

17
  “When I started my own”:
“Tribeca Stories,” Martha Frankel,
American Film
, October 1990.

18
  “I haven’t seen”:
“Maximum Expression.”

19
  “At the end of Mandela’s speech”:
“Tribeca Stories.”

Chapter 18

  
1
  “I had faith”:
“De Niro Takes on Hollywood History,” Candace Burke-Block,
Long Beach Press-Telegram
, March 15, 1991.

  
2
  “Think of involvement”:
HRC.

  
3
  “It was really a no-win”:
“Method and the Man.”

  
4
  “I’d like to think”:
“Untouchable World of De Niro the Godfather.”

  
5
  “He’s always cordial”:
“ ‘You Talkin’ to Me?’ ‘No!,’ ” Alan Richman, GQ, January 1991.

  
6
  “not a headline grabber”:
HRC.

  
7
  “When I approached him”:
“De Niro on De Niro.”

  
8
  “I wrote it as an Amblin thriller”:
“Martin Scorsese Ventures Back to
Cape Fear
,” Janet Maslin,
New York Times
, November 10, 1991.

  
9
  “together sort of twisted”:
Kelly,
Martin Scorsese
, 283.

10
  “He was constantly looking”:
Ibid., 287.

11
  “He’s incessant”:
“Are You Looking at Me?,” Alexander Tresniowski,
Time
, August 19, 1991.

12
  “Bob brought Juliette”:
Kelly,
Martin Scorsese
, 290.

Chapter 19

  
1
  “You’re wrong”:
HRC.

  
2
  “I’m going to show this”:
“How Primus’
Mistress
Found Its Way to Screen,” Martin Grove, Hollywood Reporter, July 30, 1992.

  
3
  “One day I was walking”:
“Or Maybe He’s Not the Big Bad Wolf,” Caryn James,
New York Times
, August 2, 1992.

  
4
  “He sent me a telegram”:
“Barry Primus,” Rosina Lita Rubin,
Premiere
, July 1992.

  
5
  “I feel like such a non-man”:
HRC.

  
6
  “It didn’t go well”:
“Audiences Said, ‘Try, Try Again,’ ”
New York Times
, April 11, 1993.

  
7
  “a chicken with his head”:
“Night Moves,” Glenn Plaskin, New York
Daily News
, October 11, 1992.

  
8
  “someone jumping”:
“Night and the City and the ’90s,” John Culhane,
Los Angeles Times
, July 26, 1992.

  
9
  “Jessica was sensitive”:
Ibid.

10
  “That’s hard to do”:
“Ellen Barkin: Is She Difficult or Just Straight Outta Queens?” Jan Hoffman,
New York Times
, April 4, 1993.

Chapter 20

  
1
  “Mr. De Niro will probably never”:
“The Shadow King.”

  
2
  “There was a mixed signal”:
“De Niro,” Schruers.

  
3
  “If I don’t turn it off”:
“Playboy Interview: Robert De Niro.”

  
4
  “I’m feeling angry”:
Ibid.

  
5
  “Don’t talk about world politics”:
“ ‘You Talkin’ to Me?’ ‘No!’ ” Richman.

  
6
  “I guess … ummm”:
Ibid.

  
7
  “I had three conditions”:
“De Niro Finds His Voice,” Joseph Gelmis,
Newsday
, September 26, 1993.

  
8
  “In Hollywood … when you say”:
Newsday
, September 26, 1993.

  
9
  “What I liked about it”:
Newsday
, September 26, 1993.

10
  “He looked me in the eye”:
“De Niro Direct,” Julia Reed,
Vogue
, March 1993.

11
  “I read some actors”:
“A Walk and a Talk with Robert De Niro.”

12
  “It was almost like an exam”:
“Robert De Niro,” Elizabeth Kaye,
New York Times
, November 14, 1993.

13
  “Mr. De Niro’s art”:
“Robert De Niro, 71, a New York Painter and Actor’s Father,” Roberta Smith,
New York Times
, May 7, 1993.

14
  “When De Niro finished”:
“De Niro’s Hushed Memorial for Dad,”
Newsday
, October 19, 1993.

15
  “For a long time”:
“De Niro on De Niro.”

Chapter 21

  
1
  “Is that all”:
“Self-service,” Frank DiGiacomo and Joanna Molloy,
New York Post
, September 2, 1992.

  
2
  “We’ve always proceeded”:
“Pushing Till De Niro Cries Daddy,” Richard Johnson,
New York Post
, November 4, 1992.

  
3
  “like a cheesy”:
HRC.

  
4
  “I had some great times”:
Sunday Times
(London), January 19, 2004.

Chapter 22

  
1
  “Any place that pushes”:
“Martin Scorsese, Attracted to Excess, Still Taking Risks,” Bernard Weinraub,
New York Times
, November 27, 1995.

  
2
  “It was uneven”:
“Holding Her Own with the Big Boys,” William Grimes,
New York Times
, November 19, 1995.

  
3
  “Neil and Hanna”:
HRC.

  
4
  “The background is as monochromatic”:
“Michael Mann: Hot Again with
L.A. Vice
,” Jamie Diamond,
New York Times
, December 24, 1995.

  
5
  “islands in the gathering”:
“Bob and Al in the Coffee Shop,”
Sight and Sound
, March 1996.

  
6
  “sees the part”:
“De Niro and Pacino Star in a Film. Together,” Bernard Weinraub,
New York Times
, July 27, 1995.

Chapter 23

  
1
  “We lived on a farm”:
“Grace Hightower’s Coffee Journey,” Laura Everage,
Coffee Universe
, March 24, 2013.

  
2
  “I did everything”:
“The TriBeCa-Rwanda Connection,” Joshua David Stein,
New York Times
, July 18, 2013.

  
3
  “It was an ease-in”:
Ibid.

  
4
  “the most stable”:
“Raging Romance,”
People
, July 7, 1997.

  
5
  “He’s great at keeping”:
“Stealth Wedding for De Niro,” George Rush, New York
Daily News
, June 24, 1997.

  
6
  “priests are not supposed”:
“Dark Star,” Garth Pearce,
Time Out
, December 18, 1996.

  
7
  “Do I smoke”:
HRC.

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