With a career now spanning seven decades, Robert De Niro is among the most accomplished actors in film history. Studying acting at Hb Studio, the Actors Studio, and the Stella Adler Conservatory, De Niro trained in the Stanislavski system, which focuses on the "art of experiencing." In other words, actors should feel the same emotions as their characters.
De Niro's intense dedication to the craft of acting has resulted in him pushing method acting to its very limits. From The Godfather Part II to Cape Fear, De Niro's outrageous method acting stories are the stuff of legend.
Martin Scorsese Says Robert De Niro's Character in Taxi Driver Is Now the Norm
James "Jimmy" Conway Ties Everything Together in Goodfellas (1990)
In Goodfellas, De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, a mafia associate based on real-life gangster James Burke. An associate of the Lucchese crime family, Burke's claim to fame was the organization of the Lufthansa heist,...
De Niro's intense dedication to the craft of acting has resulted in him pushing method acting to its very limits. From The Godfather Part II to Cape Fear, De Niro's outrageous method acting stories are the stuff of legend.
Martin Scorsese Says Robert De Niro's Character in Taxi Driver Is Now the Norm
James "Jimmy" Conway Ties Everything Together in Goodfellas (1990)
In Goodfellas, De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, a mafia associate based on real-life gangster James Burke. An associate of the Lucchese crime family, Burke's claim to fame was the organization of the Lufthansa heist,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Vincent LoVerde
- CBR
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