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Robert De Niro drove a taxi for a month

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Why research a role when you can just steal someone's actual job? To prepare for his iconic role as an unhinged loner, Robert De Niro obtained a legitimate cab driver's license and worked twelve-hour shifts in New York City. Passengers occasionally recognized him, probably wondering why an Oscar winner was charging them for a ride to Brooklyn.

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