[DOC] [TLE] Taxi Driver (1976) - Trivia - IMDb [PAR] Taxi Driver (1976) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more. ... 
Schrader's script clicked with both Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro when 
they read it. ... The producers were looking for a "Cybill Shepherd" type to play 
the female .... they told Scorsese he could direct, but only if he got De Niro to play 
the lead. [DOC] [TLE] When Mike Nichols Fired Robert De Niro: Excerpt from 'De Niro: A ... [PAR] Dec 28, 2014 ... Marsha Mason, Simon's actress wife, was playing the actor's wife, ... De Niro had 
arrived on the Hollywood set of Bogart only three days ... that it could take an 
actor a bit of time to get into the rhythm of a role, ... off the production when 
Nichols and Mason tried to tell him that he didn't know what comedy was. [DOC] [TLE] You Talking To Me  Eternal Blog Of A Spotless Mind [PAR] Nov 9, 2007 ... Fabulous acting by Robert DeNiro in the movie Taxi Driver(1976). ... Brian De 
Palma was also considered to direct but the producers ... Scorsese he could 
direct, but only if he got De Niro to play the lead. .... When Martin Scorsese 
agreed to direct, he brought Robert De Niro on board with him, much to the... [DOC] [TLE] Martin Scorsese And Robert De Niro Test 'The Irishman' Script ... [PAR] Jan 18, 2013 ... Robert De Niro, who'll play the lead character, was there, as was Al Pacino and ... 
I'm told by Scorsese's camp that this is something Scorsese likes to do to .... him 
to the point that a mob hit man was an inevitable career choice. ... I wish he would 
get on with the Irishman first also. ... Scorsese should direct. [DOC] [TLE] You Talkin' To Me? Scorsese, De Niro, Keitel And Foster On The ... [PAR] Jul 12, 2016 ... When he first conceived the idea for Taxi Driver back in 1973, Paul Schrader was 
in a bad way. ... Taxi Driver told the story of Travis Bickle, a psychologically 
unstable ... Mean Streets star Robert De Niro was just the man to play Travis. ... 
could have got the film financed with Jeff Bridges in the lead, but we... [DOC] [TLE] Harvey Keitel - Wikipedia [PAR] Harvey Keitel is an American actor and producer. An Oscar and Golden Globe 
Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean 
Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists .... His later roles include the 
fatherly Satan in Little Nicky, a wise Navy man in U-571, diligent FBI Special 
agent... [DOC] [TLE] The Night Of - Wikipedia [PAR] After Gandolfini's death on June 19, 2013, it was reported that the miniseries 
would move forward in his honor, and that Robert De Niro was set to replace... [DOC] [TLE] ROBERT DE NIRO - NYTimes.com [PAR] Nov 14, 1993 ... On the other hand, this is a man whose resolute faith in action and the telling ... "I'
m going to tell you," he'll say, "you shouldn't have done that. ... that preoccupied 
him from the start, when he sat through long production meetings, ... While 
making "Taxi Driver," Scorsese recalls, De Niro would point to a coffee... [DOC] [TLE] Harry Northup Interview - Cult Film Freak [PAR] I did the lead in the junior class play, Headin' For A Weddin'. .... You worked on 
the iconic Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver starring Robert DeNiro ... If Marty 
didn't like it, he could cut it & still have the original scripted scene intact & he ... He 
told DeNiro that I was going to try something at the end  try to sell him something
... [DOC] [TLE] The 50 Greatest Cult Movies of All Time - Nerve [PAR] The movie only became more legendary, and more dear to the hearts of its ... Cult 
character god Warren Oates plays the scurvy loser whose last chance to ... he 
could persuade

Question: Producers told him he could direct "Taxi Driver" only if he got Robert De Niro to play the lead
Answer: (Martin) Scorsese