My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

Ann Romney. Dougan Andy (2003). Around this time he was offered the role of Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire opposite Clint Eastwood.

He would also garner nominations for Taxi Driver in 1976 and Cape Fear in 1991. De Niro has received accolades for his career including the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B.