The " Inception" brilliant struggled to apperceive how to accomplish a abiding consequence on De Niro back he was auditioning for him at the age of 16 afore clearing on the abstraction of appearing threatening, letters imdb .
"I was 13 years old back I aboriginal saw De Niro onscreen. My dad had taken me to see 'Midnight Run' at the movies. And aloof afore the blur started, he acicular to the awning and said, 'You appetite to watch a abundant actor? Now that guy is cool'," said De Niro.
"Three years after I was auditioning for 'This Boy's Life', my aboriginal blur role, and I knew he'd already been cast. So I watched as abounding as De Niro's movies as I could beforehand. And I asked myself over and over again, 'What is the one affection that De Niro would see in me that he would respect? And again it came to me, menace," he added.