00:00My parents, you know, were working-class people who never had a book in the house.
00:04No books.
00:05Just the Daily News and the Daily Mirror, New York, newspapers.
00:08And, you know, I mean, he took me to movies, my father, basically.
00:13And that was it.
00:14You know, I learned visual things.
00:16I started reading when I was about 16.
00:18So you can imagine, when I explained to my mother and father that I thought maybe I would make movies,
00:32they might as well have said, become president or become an astronaut or something.
00:42The strongest impression I ever got, I received, was going into a church.
00:46I was around seven years old when I went into my first church.
00:49And it was the old Catholic cathedral in New York called St. Patrick's Cathedral.
01:17There were a lot of actors that came to audition for the part.
01:21And I was shocked because there was no money.
01:23Nobody was getting paid.
01:25Marty was great.
01:26We became fast, fast friends.
01:36And so I went to him and I asked him, I said, why don't you play this part?
01:41Why don't you play this part?
01:42There's nobody, no actor on the planet that will play this part the way you can.
01:46And he did.
02:04You talking to me?
02:08You talking to me?
02:12Then who the hell else are you talking to?
02:14You talking to me?
02:15Back in 1976, they gave the Palme d'Or to Taxi Driver.
02:18And that was like a major thing for me.
02:20Because in America, the film did well.
02:23And it was nominated for a few Academy Awards.
02:26But Paul Schrader and myself were not nominated.
02:30I thought it was the end of my career, that film.
02:32Yeah.
02:33I didn't think so.
02:34Quite honestly, I knew for De Niro it was going to be fine.
02:36Because Bob would get his award.
02:37I knew he was such a wonderful actor.
02:39He'd get his Academy Award.
02:40But I thought I was going to go off to Italy and do films on Saints.
02:45Forever.
02:4616 millimeter.
02:47Yeah.
03:00We dared to touch the morality of the person of Our Lord.
03:04And that is something that is completely unacceptable for a Catholic soul.
03:09Have you seen the film?
03:10I haven't seen the film.
03:11And I don't want to see it.
03:12I will never see it.
03:13And that is something that is completely unacceptable for a Catholic soul.
03:17Have you seen the film?
03:18I haven't seen the film.
03:19And I don't want to see it.
03:20I will never see it.
03:44without knowing its past.
03:47And I'll just keep saying it because it's true.
03:58Working alongside him, I've experienced some of my proudest acting moments ever.
04:04When I first met him, he told me how much he liked my film.
04:07His energy in liking my films has sort of given me a new energy in making movies.
04:12I hope that lasts a while, you know, and see what happens.
04:16I haven't worked with De Niro in a long time.
04:42But we seem to have grown together in similar ways.
04:47We always seem to be interested in the same material.
04:50Take chances.
04:52I'm not afraid of taking chances.
04:54Leo DiCaprio was somebody who also, even though he's 30 years younger, has a similar sensibility.
05:01These two men really are like my fathers in the world of cinema.
05:06To have scenes with Bob and being directed by Marty, you know,
05:10is a small slice of heaven for me as an actor.
05:40.
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