--- description: Robert De Niro is easily one of the most accomplished actors ever, but even he has had the occasional nerves when meeting other actors title: Robert De Niro Tells Seth Meyers Actor Who Made Him Nervous image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd67fd86cc922d/6988a39aab6d77450a6ab02f/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Robert De Niro Reveal the Only Actor Who Made Him Nervous  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 25, 2016 12:21 PM CUT  Actor Robert De Niro during an interview with host Seth Meyers on Aug. 24, 2016 Actor Robert De Niro during an interview with host Seth Meyers on Aug. 24, 2016NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 25, 2016 12:21 PM CUT Actor Robert De Niro is easily one of the most accomplished of his generation of actors, but even he has had the occasional nerves when meeting other actors. Meeting Marlon Brando in particular made him nervous, De Niro told [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4426289/seth-meyers-bernie-sanders/ "undefined") on [_Late Night_](http://www.hulu.com/watch/975898 "undefined") this week. “Brando, when I met him the first time, I was always impressed with him,” said De Niro. “Actors of my generation, most of us love Brando.” De Niro played a younger version of the _Godfather_ character made famous by Brando before having met the actor. “I’m going to be the first to tell you it worked out ok,” Meyers joked about the Godfather Part II, a film often ranked [among the best of all time](http://time.com/3631617/the-godfather-part-ii-at-40/ "undefined"). “I know you’ve been waiting for feedback.” De Niro is making rounds promoting the new boxing film [_Hands of Stone_](http://time.com/4461340/hands-of-stone-review/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4465795/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4465795/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers/"},"headline":"Watch Robert De Niro Reveal the Only Actor Who Made Him Nervous","datePublished":"2016-08-25T12:21:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:11:50.935Z","description":"'Actors of my generation, most of us love Brando'","url":"https://time.com/4465795/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd67fd86cc922d/6988a39aab6d77450a6ab02f/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd67fd86cc922d/6988a39aab6d77450a6ab02f/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert De Niro Seth Meyers","caption":"Robert De Niro Seth Meyers","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4465795/robert-de-niro-seth-meyers/","name":"Watch Robert De Niro Reveal the Only Actor Who Made Him Nervous"}}]}] ```