Robert De Niro at Work

Revue de Presse :
"The book reveals the level of thought and the close attention to human behaviour underpinning moments that appear instinctive and spontaneous on screen… Robert De Niro at Work offers valuable and revelatory insights into the actor’s process’." (Philip Concannon, Sight & Sound)

"A major study of his screenplays" (Dalya Alberge, The Daily Telegraph)

"Price and Ganz have together plumbed De Niro’s archives transforming our understanding of his practice as an actor. We now have to reckon with his role as almost virtual co-screenwriter." (Nathan Abrams, Film Historian)

"For someone famous for playing inarticulate characters, Robert De Niro here stands revealed as a probing, subtle reader of the screenplays he inhabits. With unprecedented access to De Niro’s personal scripts for Taxi Driver and other classics, Ganz and Price show how he ponders a role―assembling clippings andvideo notes, researching costumes and period details, jotting down emotional chords that will blossom into precise expressions, tonalities, and gestures. More broadly, Robert De Niro at Work demands that we rethink how profoundly an actor’s craft shapes the dynamics of screenwriting practice. This plunge into the creative process, deeply informed by a historical awareness of acting traditions, will be of keen interest to aspiring filmmakers and performers. Not least, film fans will gain a new respect for De Niro’s immense gifts." (David Bordwell, American film theorist and film historian)
"In this intriguing new book, Adam Ganz and Steven Price document Robert De Niro writing to himself. Reading these intimate internal dialogues, we are reminded of the immense, unsatisfied thirst for illusion that is at the core of our being. The authors demonstrate a profound understanding of the process of acting. Robert De Niro at Work is unique in placing theperformer at the centre of the writing process and storytelling by capturing the physical and intellectual relation that actors have to the text, as well as the highly complex journey involved in making it their own." (Anamaria Marinca, Actor)