2006
Robert De Niro directed The Good Shepherd, a CIA movie starring Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon.
“he directed a movie called The Good Shepherd. Uh, with Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon”
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Robert De Niro
14 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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Rachel Dratch said the writers found it very funny to pair Robert De Niro with the Debbie Downer character.
“the combo of Robert de Niro having to deal with Debbie Downer was like making us laugh a lot.”
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Rachel Dratch said a favorite line in the Debbie Downer sketch had her character warn De Niro's character that microplastics might have settled in his testes.
“you don't wanna use a plastic straw, because, um, Mike, microplastics are e have probably taken up residence in your testes.”
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Robert De Niro said he grew up in the Village and spent years in Little Italy, where he came to know Martin Scorsese.
“I hung out in Little Italy for years with, and that's how I know. Marty, Scorsese”
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Amy Poehler noted that De Niro's mother was a poet and painter and his father was a painter.
“Your mom was a poet and a painter, your dad was a painter.”
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Amy Poehler said De Niro played the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz in fourth grade.
“You were the lion, the cowardly lion in Wizard of Oz, in 4th grade,”
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Robert De Niro named Greetings and Hi, Mom! with Brian De Palma among his early comedies.
“Greetings, hi mom with De Palma, and then, um, another comedy we did was The Untouchables years later.”
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Amy Poehler asked De Niro about the Goodfellas scene with Lorraine Bracco, who played the wife of Ray Liotta's character.
“There's this, that wonderful scene with you and Lorraine Bracco, where Lorraine is playing the wife of Ray Liotta.”
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Robert De Niro said he practiced the saxophone for New York, New York but never kept playing it.
“I practiced a lot with, um, uh, the saxophone in in, um, New York, New York, and. But I never kept it up”
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Robert De Niro said he first saw Meryl Streep on stage in The Cherry Orchard with Raul Julia.
“I saw her do, uh, the Cherry Orchard, I think it was with Raul Julia, and”
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Robert De Niro said he has worked with Jane Rosenthal for 37 or 38 years and that she was honored at a Chanel party the night before.
“Jane and I worked, uh, together for 37, 38 years. And, uh, we had a thing last night at, um, uh, the Chanel party”
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Robert De Niro said his first New York apartment, on Irving Place, might have been a single room with a bed in it.
“It might have not even been a one bedroom, it might have been just this one room that you put a bed in there.”
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Amy Poehler referred to De Niro's daughter Helen as 14 years old.
“What, what have you and Helen, your 14 year old, seen recently?”
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Robert De Niro said he went on Saturdays as a child to the Laugh Movie, a 42nd Street theater that showed only comedies.
“And there was a theater called the Laugh Movie on 42nd Street, and it had only comedies.”
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