Robert De Niro Acting Masterclass | The Art of Disappearing in Plain Sight

Описание: Robert De Niro is the actor teachers mean when they say “commit more.” From gaining weight for Raging Bull, to driving a real New York cab for Taxi Driver, to living in Sicily for The Godfather Part II, he built a reputation for extreme preparation. But underneath the legend is something more useful: a clear, repeatable way of preparing, watching, and then almost vanishing in plain sight on camera.

This episode breaks down how De Niro actually does it. We start with his early life in New York, studying with Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, and how he built characters from environment and behavior instead of abstract emotion. Then we track Young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, and his later minimal work in films like The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Along the way, we pull concrete acting lessons you can steal: using preparation as your foundation, researching people instead of trivia, letting improvisation grow from serious prep, matching physical transformation to inner life, and learning to underplay so the camera comes to you.

Chapters:
00:00 – Robert De Niro: The art of disappearing in plain sight
00:40 – Early days: New York, Method training and building the base
01:30 – The Godfather Part II: research, dialect and quiet power
02:40 – Taxi Driver: turning preparation into madness
03:50 – Raging Bull: destroying and rebuilding the body
05:10 – The King of Comedy & Goodfellas: small choices, big danger
06:20 – Later De Niro: The Irishman, Killers of the Flower Moon
07:20 – What to steal from Robert De Niro
08:10 – Conclusion: stop performing, start living like the character

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Film Acting is an ongoing series for actors, directors and film students, using legendary performances as living masterclasses. Each episode breaks down behavior, craft and on-set choices so you can build more truthful, camera-ready work of your own.

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