>> i did not do the de niro. >> de niro is fantastic. >> excuse me? nope. okay. okay. yep. nope. okay. he's my first guest on our show. >> you see that as your dark street because you're known he's renowned to be this terrible guest. i would love to have him on because i love de niro. when you watch him, it's torture for everybody when he does interviews. >> he doesn't like to talk. >> so you choose the guy when you get your massive gig for your first show and it's robert de niro. why would you do that? >> when you start a show, publicists, they control the actors, what publicity they do. so publicists basically run actors' lives and what they do in a weird way. so when you go out to publicists when you're first starting out, publicists are afraid of you. they're like, this show is going to probably flop. i don't want my client near a flop, on a sinking ship. so you have to call in friends and favors for the first week at least. so i had tina fey, justin timberlake. tina was like, i'll do the first show, second show. whatever is the hardest to book, i'll do for you, buddy. don't

because it was their dream that some day their grandson could afford demeanor v.d.s of all robert de niro's movies, so that he could, little jewish boy of latvian, lithuanian and mongolian blood could one day, god willing, pretend to be italian on television. [cheers and applause] andñr now, you [bleeped] your pizza with a fork. based on how you eat pizza, donald, i want to see your long form birth certificate [cheers and applause]

i mean, i'd love to have him on because i love de niro.when you watch him it's torture for everyone when he does interviews. >> he doesn't like to talk. >> so you choose a guy with your first show when you get your massive gig and he's robert de niro. why would you do that? >> you start a show, publicists, they control the actors, what publicity they do. so publicists basically run actor's lives and what they do in a weird way. so when you go out to publicists, they're afraid of you. they go, oh, this show is probably going to flop. i don't want my client to be near a flop. i don't want my client to go on a sinking ship. so you have to call in friends and favorers for the first week at least. so i had tina fey, i had justin timberla timberlake. she was like i'm do the first show, second show. whatever show you want me to do, whatever the hardest to book i'll do for you, buddy. don't worry about me. don't make me feel good. like the first guest or whatever. so i wanted an a list actor, someone from new york city. so i called robert de niro.

. >> stephen: that was actually my de niro. [in english accent] i'm john garimendi here to see the photographs. bring me the photograph, bradley. >> i think you're way off base. >> stephen: you sponsored the west coast ocean protect act of 2011 prohiblghting the coast of drilling off the coast of california, oregon and washington. >> true. >> stephen: you also voted for house amendment 773, ending the moratorium on deep-water drilling rigs in the gulf. >> okay. >> stephen: so you don't want people drilling off the coast of california, but you voted to lift a moratorium on drilling in the gulf of mexico. >> under certain circumstances, high safety standards, yes, that's good. >> stephen: so drill off somebody else's coast. >> gulf of mexico is an appropriate place to explore and drill for oil. >> stephen: why? because they already have an oil spill? why let them drill there and not off california. >> because we already had our oil spill and we don't need to have another. >> stephen: [in english accent] don't drill off my backyar

because it was their dream that some day their grandson could afford demeanor v.d.s of all robert de niro's movies, so that he could, little jewish boy of latvian, lithuanian and mongolian blood could one day, god willing, pretend to be italian on television. [cheers and applause] andñr now, you [bleeped] your pizza with a fork. based on how you eat pizza, donald, i want to see your long form birth certificate. [cheers and applause] >> jon: my guest tonight is a bestselling author. he's a prize-winning journalist. he hosts "bill moyers journal." his new book is called "bill moyers journal: the conversation continues. " please welcome back to the program bill moyers. [cheers and applause] so nice to see you. and you too. >> jon: thank you for coming by. i was reading. it's so nice to read the interviews that are compiled in this because it reminds you of just what a great voice you are on television, and it's, you know, pardon me, and i know that you'll be uncomfortable doing this, but what's so nice about your interviews is they provide context but not amnesty. they have this incredible abi

because it was their dream that some day their grandson could afford demeanor v.d.s of all robert de niro's so that he could, little jewish boy of latvian, lithuanian and mongolian blood could one day, god willing, pretend to be italian on television. [cheers and applause] andñr now, you [bleeped] your pizza with a fork. based on how you eat pizza, donald, i want to see your long form birth certificate. ♪ i got somethin' that makes me wanna shout ♪ ♪ ha [ male announcer ] a jump start without the jitters. ♪ y-e-e-eah ♪ i got it, heh ♪ watch me! unh! ♪ don't miss nothin' unh! [ male announcer ] the proven push. stamina in a bottle. the original gatorade. and thirst-quenching protein that helps restore your body while cooling you down. prime, perform, recover. the g series from gatorade. >> jon: my guest tonight is a bestselling author. he's a prize-winning journalist. he hosts "bill moyers journal." his new book is called "bill moyers journal: the conversation continues. " please welcome back to the program bill moyers. [cheers and applause] so nice to see you. and you too. >> jon: thank you

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my -- my robert de niro. my leonardo dicaprio. dr. house. my cat woman. my oprah. judge judy. cruise. katie holmes. transformers. green hornet. she's my kung fu panda. she's my -- >> come on here. >> she's my thor. my ironman. my slum dog millionaire. my prince caspian. my harry potter. my other than the chipmoneyings. >> she was just a governor of alaska, dude. >> thank you for exposing those pictures of weiner's summer sausage. that was hilarious. see you. [ laughter ] sarah! sarah! sarah! come on, you got to take your shirt off or something. sarah! sarah. forget the presidency. she's going to win the oscar. best actress in america. oscar! oscar! oscar! you got it, sarah. you got this e. oscar! signgny milk duds. she said yes! thank you. you're awesome. you are ridiculously awesome. >> thank you so much. >> shehe signed my bilk duds. >> well, the governor arrived 15 minutes ago. she's inside. about 324 people -- you can see, a lot of -- >> she signed my milk duds. >> you can see -- >> as far as we know, we won't get to talk to her, but we're going to try. >> always a crowd w

. >> jimmy: bananarama was "cruel summer" in "robert de niro's waiting." >> hmm, okay. >> jimmy: you'rehe cars are here. >> yes! oh, my god! >> jimmy: the cars. yes. [ cheers and applause ] i love them. >> i have history with the cars. >> jimmy: you have history with the cars? >> i have history with the cars. the cars got me through a very difficult time when i was a youngster. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. is this going to get sad? >> it's going to get real sad. no. it's going to sound sad. it's not sad at all, but i had a heart condition when i was a kid. [ audience aws ] yeah, you guys -- yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you guys -- yeah." that's the whole story, by the way. it's a great story. wait. what was the heart condition? >> i had -- basically, a murmur, but it was really bad. like it was, like, a heart shout. >> jimmy: ah. [ light laughter ] >> or something. and i had to -- i eventually had surgery when i was a teenager. but when i was younger, like in junior high, i would get procedures called a heart catheterization, where they stick a camera into your artery and take pictures of you

monster came to me, because the thing that was really clear to me is that it read like something that de niro would get or some great guy would get to play this conflicted character. very few times in my career have i been given that opportunity to kind of tackle a female that represents the conflict that i think is really very evident in who we are. >> what flaws do you have? if you don't mind me saying too obvious. >> oh, i don't have flaws, i'm speaking of other women. no, i'm perfect. >> come on, let's get you on the therapist couch. >> oh, dear god, what is this an hour show? >> you have plenty of time, seriously. >> i think we need another few hours. look, i am -- i'm just as flawed as the woman next to me. i really am. i think that the great thing about aging has been the acknowledgement of my flaws. and i think it's kind of -- it's given me a sense of peace. and so, so far i'm really loving the aging process because that kind of wisdom of really kind of understanding why can you sometimes do the crap that you do or behave -- >> do you really love the aging process? >> so far, i said.

there's obviously a movie that's now being planned starring robert de niro. you may be in this, i'm hearing. is that a joke? >> i was kidding. i was so kidding about that. >> playing yourself as a victim. >> the fact that anyone would have taken that as a serious -- >> you'd bring a bit of raw, visceral reality to this. >> well, first of all, it would be hard to write that scene since i never met him. so i don't really know how the scene would play out in the film. >> how did you get -- >> just kidding about that. >> how did you get caught up in the whole madoff thing? >> you know, it was recommended that we put, you know, some money with him. and we did. >> have you said how much? >> no. but see, the how much is a little different. because there's the how much which was what you thought it was at the time when it all disappeared. but that didn't really exist, right? that was just -- >> it was never real money. >> it was never real money, yeah. >> i mean, at the absolute peak of your time with madoff how much did you think you had? >> i'd rather not say. it w