Often regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was also considered to be one of the most enigmatic. Due to his abhorrence with being interviewed, De Niro remained famously tight-lipped about his personal life, background, opinions about other actors and just about everything else that had nothing to do with acting. Even then, he had sometimes put fear into journalists whenever he was asked about playing Travis Bickle in “Taxi Driver” (1976), going on an eating tour in the south of France to gain 60-pounds for “Raging Bull” (1980) or wearing custom-made silk underwear in order to get the right feel for sashaying like Al Capone in “The Untouchables” (1987). Because of such close attention paid to small details, De Niro developed a reputation for being one of the hardest working actors in the business, giving rise to legendary methods of preparation which were sometimes exaggerated, like actually playing Russian roulette for his role in “The Deer Hunter” (1978). But there was never any doubt as to where De Niro stood in the pantheon of acting – he towered above all. Who he was as a man, however, would never be known. In the end, all that was left were his performances. Given his amazing body of work, that would be enough.