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Marty told me he liked the movie, he told me he liked it a lot.
Pfeiffer said about her legendary costar, look, it was a dream come true working with him.
[To De Niro] Sorry to embarrass you.
But as an actor it really doesnt get any better than that, working with De Niro.
And he was just delightful, in every sense of the word.
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Our only regret was that we didnt have more scenes together.
To which De Niro replied, Yep.
When De Niro was asked if he knows what a reference he is, he remained humble.
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I dont think much about it.
I mean Im sometimes aware of it, people say things.
And DLeo put it best when he candidly said, yeah, hes good.
That about sums it up.
To which De Niro said, What am I gonna do?
Robert De Niro: Dark themes connected to comedies?
An organic part of it, if you will.
Dianna Agron: I think escapism.
I think its definitely that kind of thing.
And I think its sort of living vicariously through these characters onscreen.
But its also what makes it so unexpected.
So its ultimately entertaining.
Question: And what do you think makes an action comedy into a classic, likeAnalyze This?
Not that you cant go off in certain directions, but even that has to be grounded ideally.
Pfeiffer: I think its covering new territory that hasnt been covered before, and its good story.
And I think those two elements, whatever genre it is, the film will become a classic.
Its sort of the mother-protector really.
Weve been through almost everything together so its a testament to that.
Question: All of you and Martin Scorcese and Bresson are a kind of Hollywood family.
Can we assume that Hollywood has its own mafia and is it good for the movie business?
De Niro: Well it has its groups that work together, hang together.
Like any profession, the same thing, any business, any community, creative community.
People work together, certain groups.
Pfeiffer: They beat each other up.
Question: Did you rewatchGoodfellasbefore this and how did you feel about that?
Question: But that was actually in the book, theGoodfellasscene [where De Niros character watchesGoodfellas].
How do you feel about swearing in real life?
De Niro: I dont know.
Marty told me he liked the movie, he told me he liked it a lot.
[squeezes De Niros face.]
Look, it was a dream come true working with him.
[To De Niro] Sorry to embarrass you.
But as an actor it really doesnt get any better than that, working with De Niro.
And he was just delightful, in every sense of the word.
Our only regret was that we didnt have more scenes together.
De Niro: Yep.
What we get is a unique combination that we havent seen yet.
It was his vision, he started the whole thing.
Not that he couldnt have had a good handle on it as a hands-on producer but its tricky.
So anyway the patriarchal character, yes.
Question: Mr. De Niro, do you plan to slow down?
De Niro: What am I gonna do?
Question: Do you think at all about the fact that youre a huge reference for young actors?
De Niro: No, I dont think much about it.
I mean Im sometimes aware of it, people say things.
Question: John, is he a reference for young actors?
De Niro: Well he certainly has the resume to prove it I think, everyone agrees on that.
Yeah, hes good.
That about sums it up.
I was wondering if you could talk about that.
Thats when she flips on a dime, its because thats what she knows how to do.
Question: If you had to flee in a hurry, whats the one thing youd never leave behind?
Agron: My dog.
DLeo: My real family, thats pretty important.
De Niro: Same answer.
Pfeiffer: Yeah, living things, animals, children.
That sort of thing.
Not in that order.
Question: Any similarities between your families andthefamily?
Agron: Unconditional love, that you would do anything.
I think they would do anything for each other, I would do anything for my family.
Question: Dianna and John, you worked with two icons of film.
What did you pick up from them in your time on set?
And Robert and Michelle what did you learn from them during this experience?
Agron: Well Ive seen probably almost everything that these two have done and same with Luc, really.
Obviously its very mind-blowing when I stop to think about it.
Its so weird because you guys are here.
And their work was just already at such a level that frankly I was a little intimidated.
I was really reminded to not do that with all of them.
DLeo: From Joisey.
I made sure she talked like she was from New Joisey and Staten Island.
Pfeiffer: So its always invigorating and rejuvenating to work with young blood.
De Niro: They were great, John and Dianna.
They were just terrific.
Thats all I can say.
We had a good time.
Question: Is there some truth to the witness protection program and what you all went through?
Are there really people who were in the mob who could be living next door to us?
DLeo: Were not allowed to tell you.
Agron: We would have to kill you.
Question: Could they be in France?
Did they put people outside the United States?
So I bought it, as far as that.
As opposed to anywhere else.
So some illegal drugs or something with France, who knows, but there was some way.
DLeo: Chuck Finley and Im an Abercrombie model.
Question: What about an autobiography?
[De Niros character] is writing an autobiography.
Yours might not be finished yet, yours probably hasnt even started.
But if you were writing one what would you want to call it?
Would you do it?
It would be titled There but for the grace of God.
De Niro: Ditto.
Question: How is the movie going to change the image of Americans in popular culture?
Especially if one has a tennis racket.
Or a lead pipe.
Or I could go on…
Question: How about your favorite scene?
Each one of you, what was your favorite one to shoot?
DLeo: Thats a very hard question.
Pfeiffer: My favorite scene to shoot was probably [looks at De Niro] our scene.
What would you call it?
I liked doing that scene.
Question: As opposed to blowing up the grocery store?
Pfeiffer: That was fun.
Yeah, that I enjoyed.
De Niro: I felt the same way about that scene and we wished we had more scenes.
Also I liked the last scene, the Cinemateque scene.
I liked the whole ending, I thought it was so crazy.
Agron: I think some of our dinner scenes because that was when we were all together.
Because you saw in both of us that it had really hit the fan.
And it was that point where you think to yourself wow this is really going bad, going downhill.
Question: Dianna have you ever had to exercise any mob-like moves for a man that crossed a barrier?
By the maybe it said dont say no.
So no, not really.
Relativity MediasThe Familyopens in theaters on Friday, September 13th.
