Robert De Niro

Getty Images It wasn't overnight that Robert De Niro became one of the most famous actors in the world, and to him, that's a good thing. The 66-year-old thinks struggling early on in his career kept him grounded, and he feels today's young stars need time to find their feet. De Niro seems like a good guy to take advice from (Photo Agency) He explained: "I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else. Then it goes crazy, and all of a sudden people behave differently toward you, they're agreeing with you ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There isn't much that's fine in "Everybody's Fine," an embarrassing misfire for Kirk Jones, who once gave us the exhilarating comedy "Waking Ned Devine," and for Miramax, a storied company now reduced to little more than a film library. Despite a cloyingly sentimental story that rings false in every moment, the production did attract a substantial cast headed by Robert De Niro. It's not going to help though when Disney's downsized specialty unit releases the film December 4. Sometimes a filmmaker and a project just don't make any sense and "Everybody's Fine" is a case in point. The film ... Read Full Story

The 66-year-old believes his struggle to find success in his early career has kept him grounded and feels today's stars need time to find their ground, reports askmen.com. Read Full Story

Hollywood star Robert De Niro says his children don't care that their father is famous. The 66-year-old said his children "aren't too impressed" with their Oscar-winning father and don't talk about his work, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "My kids aren't too impressed with me. They don't say very much about my career. Sometimes they Google me, though. And who knows what their friends say?" he said. De Niro has four children and one adopted daughter from three relationships, and said part of the reason could be that they weren't brought up in Hollywood. "We had a house there, my first wife and our oldest kids. But ... Read Full Story

Movie star Robert de Niro presented the top Audience Awards at the first Doha Tribeca film festival to a Palestinian film and to a documentary made in Qatar. The 50,000-dollar award for best film went on Sunday night to "Team Qatar," a documentary directed by Britain's Liz Mermin that tells the story of a group of high school students taking part in an international debate. "Pomegranates and Myrrh" directed by Palestinian director Najwa Najjar was also awarded 50,000 dollars after being chosen by the audience as the best Arab movie in the festival, co-organised by New York's Tribeca festival. The film stars Palestinian actress ... Read Full Story