And surely the NYU School of Medicine probably graduated a number of aspiring psychiatrists, too!
“Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that often, it has very little to do with you,” De Niro continued. “When you’re auditioning or pitching, the director or producer or investor may have someone different in mind, that’s just how it is. That happened recently when I was auditioning for the role of Martin Luther King in Selma. Which was too bad because I could’ve played the hell out of that part—I felt it was written for me! But the director had something different in mind, and she was right. It seems the director is always right.”
De Niro does do comedies too, remember? And he speaks from experience.
“You’re not responsible for the entire job, but your part in it,” he added. “You will put your everything into everything you do. You won’t judge the characters you play, and you shouldn’t be distracted by judgments on the works you’re in. Whether you’re working for Federico Fellini or Martin Scorsese, your commitment and your process will be the same.”
“Did you get straight A’s in school?” he inquired rhetorically. “If you did, good for you, congratulations. But in the real world, you’ll never get straight A’s again.”
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