I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.