I was lucky to be able to make the movie.
I made it the way I wanted to make it.
I didnt compromise at all.
David Remnick with Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri
And I took longer to do [it] than was scheduled.
And I had a lot of pressure…So I never got asked to do movies after that.
I didThe Good Shepherd.
But that was another uphill battle, De Niro said.
Thats not a good number.
But, she added, The film never died.
It kept growing in popularity.
Palminteri noted that it ended up grossing $17 million, on a $21 million budget.
I just wanted to direct and I couldnt find anything, said De Niro.
Its a lot of work to develop something.
It was his party, and I didnt let him in.
Because he was really rude.
He said, Do you know who I am?
I said, Yeah, the guy whos not getting in.
Rosenthal and DeNiro founded festival after 9/11.
And its done that so far, and so Im very happy, De Niro said.
