Ahead, five highlights from the night.
At that time, he was doing jumps into Cambodia or Laos or whatever.
He showed us a picture of him and his outfit, and a couple of guys had mohawks.
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Thats all it took: Lets use that.
Lets try and do that, De Niro said.
The problem was De Niros actual hair.
We decided to have [makeup artist] Dick Smith do a test, and it worked.
I opened my eyes and you were there with this thing, Scorsese recalled.
I was looking to meet a pimp.
I didnt know what to do.
She doesnt say a word, he said.
I said, Could you help me out?
She said, No ones going to talk to you.'
The crowd laughed, and Keitel continued.
Then I met a pimp.
Someone said he was a former pimp.
I dont know what that means.
We improvised a couple of weeks together, me and this fellow.
He taught what it was like to play the role of the pimp.
I played the girl, he taught me what the pimp would do.
… We had a good business together.
Marty wanted those scenes to be in the movie, so he put them in the movie.
They werent in the movie to begin with the dance with Jodie and all that, Keitel said.
It was in the script that there was an overhead tracking shot.
I said, I guess we have to cut through the ceiling,' Scorsese said of the shot.
Which is what they did.
It took about three months.
But when it came time to shoot, there was a problem: Fosters age.
The child labor law person said we only had 20 minutes, Scorsese said.
They did it in the allotted time.
It had been a year building up to it.
We got it in two takes.
It was fantastic, she said.
Mostly it was just fun.
He quit, and threw his baton.
But according to the director, his normal style didnt fit with the character.
Thats the way I saw everything.
But Travis doesnt listen to anything.
He doesnt listen to music.
So then the only person who could express what hes suffering is Bernard Herrmann.
Hes like, You mean a sting.
I said, Thats right, but it needs something special.
He said, Play it backwards, and he walked out, Scorsese said.
Thats the last time I saw him.
Herrmann died the next day.
