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De Niro at 61 Voted Best Living Senior Actor, Best One Liner
Nov. 1, 2004 Robert De Niro is on a roll. At 61
years young he was just voted the worlds greatest living movie star
over 50, and his line in Taxi Driver You talking me has been
selected as the best one-liner in movie history.
The Oscar-winning actor beat his 'Godfather'
co-star Al Pacino (second) and Jack Nicholson (third) in the best actor
poll by British movie magazine Empire.
'Butch Cassidy' star Paul Newman was ranked fourth
in the poll of around 10,000 readers, while the late Marlon Brando, who
was still alive when voting began, was fifth.
Sigourney Weaver came in tenth and received the
most votes of any actress.
One surprise, Michael Caine did not place.
1)
Robert De Niro
2) Al Pacino
3) Jack Nicholson
4) Paul Newman
5) Marlon Brando
6) Anthony Hopkins
7) Morgan Freeman
8) Dustin Hoffman
9) Clint Eastwood
10) Sigourney Weaver
11) Gene Hackman
12) Harrison Ford
13) Sean Connery
14) Meryl Streep
15) Ian McKellen
16) Christopher Lee
17) Sidney Poitier
18) Robert Redford
19) Alan Rickman
20) Judi Dench
De Niro's unforgettable line "You talking me" in
Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic 'Taxi Driver' was voted the best one
liner of all time, beating Scottish actor Sean Connery whose line "Bond,
James Bond," was voted the second best in a poll conducted by Odeon
Cinema.
The five best one liners of all time are:
1) You talkin' me? - Taxi Driver (De Niro)
2) The name's Bond, James Bond - Dr No (Sean Connery)
3) What's it all about? - Alfie (Michael Caine)
4) Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn - Gone With The Wind (Clark
Gable)
5) We're gonna need a bigger boat - Jaws. (Roy
Scheider)
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