De Niro: A Life

by Shawn Levy

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  Key Interviews with De Niro

  Note: De Niro is famously reticent and chary of the press, but he has, in fact, given thousands of interviews over the years. The following, listed in chronological order, are the most thorough, revealing, and perspicacious interviews with him that I encountered.

  “Stardom’s Drums Banging for Robert De Niro.” Richard Cuskelly. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. August 12, 1973.

  “Robert De Niro: He Had to Play Ball.” Tom Topor. New York Post. August 25, 1973.

  “Look—Bobby’s Slipping into Brando’s Shoes.” Guy Flatley. New York Times. November 4, 1973.

  “Robert De Niro—Private, Professional, a Male Greta Garbo.” W. July 11, 1975.

  “The Quiet Chameleon.” Richard Schickel. Time. January 27, 1975.

  “Actor.” Bob Thomas. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, March 2, 1975.

  “Robert De Niro—The Return of the Silent Film Star.” Susan Braudy. New York Times. March 6, 1977.

  “What’s Robert De Niro Hiding?” Marie Brenner. Redbook. May 1977.

  “De Niro: A Star for the ’70s.” Jack Kroll. Newsweek, May 16, 1977.

  “It’s Dilemma, It’s Delimit, It’s De Niro.” Paul Gardner. New York. May 16, 1977.

  “New York, New York: Martin Scorsese’s Backlot Sonata, in Which Robert De Niro Trades in His .44 for a New Axe.” Chris Hodenfeld. Rolling Stone. June 16, 1977.

  “De Niro: The Phantom of the Cinema.” Time. July 25, 1977.

  “De Niro Talks!” Samir Hachem. Hollywood Drama-Logue. May 22, 1980.

  “Dialogue on Film: Robert De Niro.” American Film. March 1981.

  “The Incredible Talent of Robert De Niro.” Barbara Goldsmith. Parade. December 2, 1984.

  “The Shadow King.” Patricia Bosworth. Vanity Fair. October 1987.

  “De Niro in Moscow.” Wolfgang Wilke. The Face. December, 1987.

  “De Niro.” Fred Schruers. Rolling Stone. August 25, 1988.

  “Playboy Interview: Robert De Niro.” Lawrence Grobel. Playboy. January 1989.

  “Maximum Expression.” Barry Paris. American Film. October 1989.

  “ ‘You Talkin’ to Me?’ ‘No!’ ” Alan Richman. GQ, January 1991.

  “Method and the Man.” Steve Grant. Time Out. May 22, 1991.

  “De Niro Direct.” Julia Reed. Vogue. March 1993.

  “A Walk and a Talk with Robert De Niro.” Peter Brant and Ingrid Sischy. Interview. November 1993.

  “Robert De Niro.” Elizabeth Kaye. New York Times. November 14, 1993.

  “De Niro on De Niro.” Vogue. January 1995.

  “The Man Who Acts Like God.” Mike Sager. Esquire. December 1997.

  “What I’ve Learned: Robert De Niro.” Esquire. January 2003.

  “Yeah, I’m Talkin’ to You.” Belinda Luscombe. Time. December 11, 2006.

  “And Now, 972 Words from Robert De Niro.” Chris Heath. GQ. January 2007.

  “What I’ve Learned: Robert De Niro.” Esquire. January 2011.

  “Robert De Niro on His Father’s Art Studio.” Daily Beast. July 9, 2012.

  “De Niro.” A. O. Scott. New York Times. November 18, 2012.

  “Proust Questionnaire: Robert De Niro.” Vanity Fair. March 2013.

 

 

 
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