Robert De Niro's Number One Rule for Comedy
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Robert De Niro reveals his approach to comedic acting: committing completely and playing the scene completely straight without indicating.
- 1. De Niro explains why comedy must be played totally straight as if it were a real situation.
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Can you explain to people what do you remember doing in the sketch What was your motivation What was your character Well the most important thing to me was not to you know even though I can laugh in rehearsal and enjoy the kick out of it when you do it you got to do it straight Yeah You have to really commit to it Yeah That's all Don't do any indicating Yeah Just straight on what you're supposed to do with that person as if it was a real situation
Can you explain to people what do you remember doing in the sketch What was your motivation What was your character Well the most important thing to me was not to you know even though I can laugh in rehearsal and enjoy the kick out of it when you do it you got to do it straight Yeah You have to really commit to it Yeah That's all Don't do any indicating Yeah Just straight on what you're supposed to do with that person as if it was a real situation
72:18 → 72:44 · 91 words · highlighted words are emphasized in the short