When Scenes are Both Unscripted and Unforgettable: The Hollywood Classics

Taxi Driver – ‘You talking to me?’

One of the most memorable lines in film history was actually improvised. Robert De Niro’s performance in the 1976 film Taxi Driver still has people impersonating him more than 50 years after its release.

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Remember De Niro’s memorable line “Are you talking to me?” The legendary part of the scene was made up on the spot. The script included vague instructions for De Niro to talk to himself in the mirror. And the rest is history.

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