Robert De Niro, 81, has ‘possibly’ realised how good he is at acting

Robert De Niro has opened up about his honest impression of watching himself back on the big screen, revealing there are some moments he ‘possibly’ realizes just how good he is.

The Hollywood icon has fronted some of the most iconic films in cinema, including Killers of the Flower Moon, Goodfellas, The Godfather franchise, Raging Bull, A Bronx Tale and Jackie Brown– to name just a few.

At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off today in Manhattan, the 81-year-old will be reminiscing over his efforts in Casino and Meet the Parents at special anniversary events, alongside Martin Scorsese and Ben Stiller respectively.

Speaking to Metro to celebrate the annual event, which he co-founded with producer Jane Rosenthal in 2002, he touched on how it feels to reflect on his time in the spotlight.

When asked whether rewatching those projects makes him realize just how good he is in front of the camera, he couldn’t help but give us the most Robert De Niro answer ever, quipping: ‘That’s possible…

‘Most of the time you’re just sort of looking and [squirming] but it’s possible. Especially if you have many, many years distance between the time that you did it and the time you’re seeing it.

Robert De Niro spoke to Metro about re-watching his biggest films (Picture: Getty) He shared that he can be ‘a little more objective’ looking back at them now (Picture: Getty)

‘You can be a little more objective.’

Questioning if he ever looks at the films differently now, after having seen them through fresh eyes and with an audience, he clarified: ‘I’m not going to see them with an audience – I might.

‘I’ll try to look at them but not with an audience. I’m doing one Q&A before, and one after.’

Robert stole the show in Heat (Picture: Shutterstock) He recently made his TV debut in Netflix series Zero Day (Picture: Netflix)

Robert has graced our screens for decades and is clearly showing no signs of slowing down, having made his TV debut in Netflix series Zero Day earlier this year.

He recently played a dual role as both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in The Alto Knights, and is next set to pop up in The Whisper Man alongside Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott and Michael Keaton.

However, speaking to GQ he explained that there is still one thing that he would love to do in terms of his career.

He landed a dual role in his most recent film, the Alto Knights (Picture: Warner Bros)

‘I was always thinking I’d like to see all my movies,’ he told the outlet. ‘Go over them all and see [them] in the order I made them and just sort of see everything that I’ve done one last time in my life.

‘I don’t know if I’ll ever do it but I used to think, I’d like to do it.’

We need to make this happen.

Tribeca Film Festival runs until June 15.

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