>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH MR. ROBERT De
NIRO.
THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW.
CONGRATULATIONS, 21st SEASON.
YOU FOUNDED IT IN 2002.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SENSE THAT IT WOULD BECOME WHAT IT IS, A MAJOR
FILM FESTIVAL?
>> NO, WE JUST DID IT THAT YEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS GOING TO GO AFTER THAT, AND
SLOWLY IT -- >> Stephen: THIS IS IN THE
SHADOW OF 9/11, WHEN NOBODY IS GOING DOWNTOWN.
>> WELL, THAT WAS THE IDEA, TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN, AND THAT
WAS THE IDEA.
AND THEN EACH YEAR, IT WOULD-- WE'D GET IT GOING AGAIN, AND
PEOPLE WANTED TO COME.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR?
>> WE'RE HAVING A "HEAT" REUNION TOWARD THE END OF THE FESTIVAL.
>> Stephen: THIS I KNEW.
YOU, MICHAEL MANN, AL PACINO.
THERE'S THE FAMOUS SCENE RIGHT THERE.
( APPLAUSE )
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> WE'RE-- I'M INTRODUCING AL PACINO FOR "GOD FATHER."
THAT'S THE DAY BEFORE, I THINK.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAKING "HEAT"?
DO YOU MIND IF I ASK.
THIS IS A CLASSIC.
PEOPLE LOVE THIS MOVIE.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAKING THIS?
>> WELL, IT WAS HARD WORK.
A LOT OF WORK.
MICHAEL MANN IS A GUY WHO REALLY IS A STICKLER FOR DETAIL AND
CERTAIN THINGS.
AND HE WOULD HAVE YOU DO THINGS MORE AND MORE THAN, SAY, THE
NORMAL OR TYPICAL SITUATION.
BUT YOU KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS SPECIAL ABOUT WHY HE WAS DOINGp.
IT CREATED A CERTAIN FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW IT WAS
GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY TAKES ARE WE TALKING?
>> 125.
NO, I'M KIDDING
>> Stephen: WELL, EVIDENTLY, KUBRICK WOULD DO THAT.
>> THAT, I HEARD.
A NORMAL AMOUNT OF TAKES, BUT CERTAIN THINGS JUST VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT HOW TO-- IT WAS ALL GOOD.
IT WAS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE.
>> Stephen: WHAT COUNT A DIRECTOR TO BE GIVING YOU AS AN
ACTOR?
SOME PEOPLE SAY JUST LET ME DO MY THING.
>> WELL, THEY SHOULD-- THEY GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
THEY'VE HIRED YOU, FIRST OF ALL, SO ALREADY, THEY KNOW WHAT YOU
CAN BASICALLY GIVE THEM.
AND THEN, YOU-- THEY LET YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.
AND THEN THEY GUIDE YOU.
IF YOU'RE A LITTLE OVER HERE, THEY PULL YOU OVER, OR THEY LET
YOU GO OVER THERE AND THEY'LL JUST CUT IT OUT IN THE EDITING.
THAT'S OKAY.
SOMETIMES YOU SAY TO A DIRECTOR, "WELL, LOOK, I'LL DO IT THE WAY
YOU WANT, AND LET ME JUST TRY THIS OR THAT."
OR NOT SAY, "THE WAY YOU WANT."
MOST DIRECTORS I WORK WITH ARE REALLY GOOD.
THEY DON'T EVEN DO THAT.
YOU DO IT A FEW WAYS AND THEN THEY DECIDE.
I SAY, "YOU SEE WHAT REALLY WORKS ONCE YOU'RE IN THE
EDITING."
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A COSTAR THAT YOU HAVE MOST ENJOYED
WORKING WITH?
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHO I ENJOYED WORKING WITH A LOT-- THERE ARE
MANY, OF COURSE-- BUT I ENJOYED WORKING WITH MICHELLE PHIFFER A
LOT, NOT THEY ENJOYED WORKING A LOT WITH HER.
I ONLY WORKED DEVICE WITH HER.
BUT I ENJOYED IT.
SHE WAS TERRIFIC.
>> Stephen: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT RAY LIOTTA.
YOU GUYS FROM THE CLASSIC "GOODFELLAS."
IS IT TRUE YOU KIND OF PITCHED FOR HIM TO PLAY HENRY HILL
THERE, THAT YOU KIND OF HAD TO-- NOT TALK SCORSESE INTO IT, BUT
YOU WERE A REAL BOOSTER FOR HIM FOR THAT PART.
>> I TOLD MARTY I SAW HIM IN THE JONATHAN DEMIFILM.
>> Stephen: "SOMETHING WILD."
>> I TOLD HIM THIS GUY YOU SHOULD LOOK AT.
HOW MUCH INFLUENCE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
>> Stephen: WHAT MADEY YOU FEEL HE COULD PLAY THAT?
>> HE HAD A GREAT QUALITY, IF YOU WILL.
AND HE WAS RIGHT FOR THE PART, IF YOU WANTED TO CAST IT THAT
WAY.
MARTY HAD SEEN PEOPLE-- I DON'T KNOW WHO, BUT I KNOW HE WENT
THROUGH EVERYBODY.
AND CHOSE RAY.
SO THAT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS A GOOD CHOICE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT WAS A GOOD CHOICE.
BEFORE-- LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE IN 2019, IN PERSON, I MEANT TO
GIVE YOU SOMETHING.
AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO.
I JUST-- IT ESCAPED MY MIND.
BUT ONE OF MY WRITERS, CAROLINE LAZAR, ALWAYS PUTS TOGETHER WHAT
SHE CALLS, "TODAY'S HUNK."
AND YOU'VE WON EVERY AWARD THAT THERE IS, TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER.
BUT YOU HAVE NEVER WON "TODAY'S HUNK."
AND I JUST WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
HERE IT IS.
IT'S "TODAY'S HUNK."
ROBERT De NIRO.
"YOU TALKIN' TO ME.
ONLY IN MY DREAMS.
CONGRATS.
>> OH, GEEZ.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT.
YOU CAN PUT THAT UP ON...
YOU CAN PUT THAT UP ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR OR SOMETHING.
YEAH.
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY?
>> NO, I'M HONORED.
( LAUGHTER )
TO BE HUNKY.
>> YEAH, I-- I NEVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF THIS WAY, BUT, YOU KNOW,
I'LL TAKE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HOLD ON A SECOND.
HOLD ON.
AND MAYBE WE'LL EDIT THIS OUT LATER, BUT HAVE YOU NEVER
THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS A SEX SYMBOL?
WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS SEXY?
>> NOT IN-- NO.
( LAUGHTER )
APPLAUSE.
IS ROBERT De NIRO SEXY?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HOLD ON.
AM I SEXY?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
YOURS WAS DEFINITELY LOUDER THAN MINE!
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> HOW OLD AM I?
>> Stephen: YEAH >> 78.
( APPLAUSE )
ONLY...
THAT ONLY GIVES ME 20 YEARS TO GET SEXIER.
>> LISTEN.
>> Stephen: BOB, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD SEEING YOU.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: TICKETS TO THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ARE
AVAILABLE AT tribecafilm.com.
IT'S ROBERT DE NIRO, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ROSIE PEREZ.