Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese on Building ‘Love’ and ‘Trust’ During Their 50-Year Friendship (Exclusive)

Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese have mutual admiration.

The actor, 80, and the director, 81, have enjoyed a professional relationship and personal friendship that has spanned five decades, and both express their deep respect for each other in the new issue of PEOPLE.

“I always said, [I’m] I’m very fortunate that I started working with Marty in my late 20s and we did all these projects together,” says De Niro, who made 10 feature films with Scorsese starting in 1973. Evil streets.

Their latest collaboration, Killers of the Flower Moonit was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including individual nominations for both (Best Supporting Actor for De Niro and Best Director for Scorsese).

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Both grew up in New York. “We knew each other when we were teenagers,” says De Niro. But then they didn’t really connect.

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro in 1982.

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“We finally met at Christmas dinner years later and I saw Who’s knocking? [at My Door], and I said, ‘That was a really great movie,'” De Niro recalls, referring to Scorsese’s 1965 film. “He said, ‘I have a script.’ AND Evil streets was called at that time Season of the witchand so it began.”

The couple continued to create Taxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon. They also shot a short comedy film called Audition.

After working together for so many years, the two have shorthand “in a way,” says De Niro. “I always say that, he is good with everyone. He lets people do what they can do best and then he guides from there.”

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro on the set of the movie ‘Taxi Driver’ in 1975.

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“He has very clear ideas, but he knows not to impose anything and let people feel free enough to express themselves as much as they can through what they do,” he continues.

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For his part, Scorsese is impressed by De Niro’s commitment to taking on any role he plays, even if he’s gained 60 pounds. to play boxer Jake LaMotta Mad bullor learn to speak the Osage language in Killers of the Flower Moonthe true story of Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma who were killed by white men for their oil-rich land.

“When Bob commits to a role, he starts digging in with research, questions about absolutely everything from what the character wears to what he eats for breakfast,” says Scorsese.

Robert De Niro on the cover of PEOPLE.

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“Search and discovery never end. He really fell in love with the language as he went—at one point he said he wanted to do most of his lyrics in Osage!” he continues.

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Asked what he values ​​most in his friendship with De Niro, Scorsese points out his steadfastness.

“At this point I value sheer longevity, shared experience and knowledge,” he says. “Trust. Love. And also, the desire to explore together, to move on.”

Killers of the Flower Moon now streaming on Apple TV+.

For more on Robert De Niro, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.

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