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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 29, 2014 9:18 PM UTC  Out Magazine  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 29, 2014 9:18 PM UTC Robert De Niro opened up about his gay father to[ _Out_ Magazine this week.](http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2014/05/27/robert-de-niro-me-my-gay-dad?page=0,0) The 70-year-old actor gave _Out_ a tour of his father’s old Soho home and art studio, which the younger De Niro maintains as if the older De Niro were still residing there. “It was the only way to keep his being, his existence alive here,” he said. De Niro expressed regrets about not talking with his father about sexuality. “Being from that generation, especially from a small town upstate. I was not aware, much, of it,” he said. “I wish we had spoken about it much more. My mother didn’t want to talk about things in general, and you’re not interested when you’re a certain age.” Though his dad died 20 years ago from cancer, the _Raging Bull_ Oscar winner is working hard to preserve his memory. A documentary called _Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr._ premiered at Sundance this year and will air on June 9 on HBO. \[[_OUT_](http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2014/05/27/robert-de-niro-me-my-gay-dad?page=0,0)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/138702/robert-de-niro-father-gay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/138702/robert-de-niro-father-gay/"},"headline":"Robert De Niro: I Wish I'd Spoken to My Gay Dad About His Sexuality","datePublished":"2014-05-29T21:18:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:14:59.633Z","description":"The actor opens up about his father to Out Magazine","url":"https://time.com/138702/robert-de-niro-father-gay/","keywords":["Living","celebrities","LGBT","sexuality","TIME 100","Robert De Niro"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78feb8f2aeb3a8e9/69869161adae4499dc543501/deniro_out_x400d.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78feb8f2aeb3a8e9/69869161adae4499dc543501/deniro_out_x400d.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DeNiro_OUT_x400d","caption":"","creditText":"Out Magazine","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/138702/robert-de-niro-father-gay/","name":"Robert De Niro: I Wish I'd Spoken to My Gay Dad About His Sexuality"}}]}] ```