06.02.09 DeNIRO STOLE HIS LINE FROM SPRINGSTEEN
The world dropped a collectively load in its sweatpants today when it was revealed that Robert DeNiro actually stole his most famous line in Taxi Driver. From Bruce Springsteen.
De Niro made the admission to Springsteen’s bandmate Clarence Clemons - who coached the actor to play the saxophone for movie New York, New York.
Clemons tells the New York Daily News, “(He) had been to one of our concerts and the audience was yelling out ‘Bruce!’ In those days, Bruce would stop onstage and say, ‘You talkin’ to me?’
“De Niro was kind of channeling him.” [DailyExpress]
I’m not that disillusioned, if only because I never assumed it was something DeNiro wrote in the first place. He’s an actor. Actors are good at dressing up like other people and saying things other people say. It’s just strange that this is only coming out now. It’s probably because people never ask the black saxophone player what he thinks. He’s just supposed to sit there and laugh at all of Jay Leno’s stupid jokes. Ha, hunting with Dick Cheney, good one, Jay.
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DeNIRO STOLE HIS LINE FROM SPRINGSTEEN
with this, de niro becomes the milli vanilli of italian actors who portrayed a psychopath in a 70s film directed by martin scorsese.
You know who’s the real loser in this scenario? Bananarama.
I’m with you on this one Vince, he’s an actor he doesn’t write his own material. I’d read the line wasn’t in the script, but had also read the whole repeating the same phrase thing was an acting exercise DeNiro did with his acting coach.
Is the next startling revelation going to be that Al Pacino stole the phrase “hoo-ha” from the sound made by Peter Frampton’s pet seal?
Holy fuck! I just remembered a sweet fucking dream I had…brb…
Ok, but if anybody tells me that there is a single person in existence who ever said “I’ll be back” before Schwarzenegger did it then my whole world might just come crashing down.
Crap steals all my lines…
of coke.
Pauly: DeNiro, niggas be sayin’ that you be bitin’ styles and shit, son. WHASSUPWITDAT?
DeNiro: You talkin’ to me?
Colonel Kilgore got his famous line from those self-immolating monks in Vietnam.
“the audience was yelling out ‘Bruce!’ In those days, Bruce would stop onstage and say, ‘You talkin’ to me?’”
That’s a pretty fucking stupid response. Unless they actually weren’t talking to him.
Since we’re on the subject of stolen shticks, I’m certain that Bobcat Goldthwait stole his gruff, high-pitched voice gimmick from Della Reese’s queefs.
DeNiro stole the rest of his career from Cuba Gooding Jr’s best-seller “So You Won an Oscar: Now Choose Scripts Written By Alphabet Soup Diarrhea”
Ha, swimming with Jett Travolta, good one, Jay.
Ha, head-banging with Natasha Richardson, good one, Jay.
Ha, standing 69 with Terry Schiavo, good one, Jay.
What Clarence failed to add was the audience’s collective reponse: “No, Bruce Vilanche, you arrogant dick.”
Ha, eating Doritos out of Johnny Carson’s ass, good one, Jay.
Ha, family reunion with Jennifer Hudson, good one, Jay.
Ha, skull-fucking JFK’s head wound, good one, Jay.
Ha, Caylee Anthony’s worm-ridden corpse, good one, Jay.
Ha, going fishing with Scott Peterson, good one, Jay.
Yo Påłüÿ, sup foo… gotta bump for a brotha, foo?
Ha, motorboating Laci Peterson, good one, Jay.
Ouch!
Ha, beach blanket bingo with Natalee Halloway! Good one, Jay!
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