Editing Taxi Driver (section)

=== "You talkin' to me?" ===
De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" segment has become a [[Popular culture|pop culture]] mainstay. In 2005, it was ranked number 10 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]].

In the relevant scene, the deranged Bickle is looking at himself in a mirror, imagining a confrontation that would give him a chance to draw his gun:

<blockquote>You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?</blockquote>

While Scorsese said that he drew inspiration from [[John Huston]]'s 1967 movie ''[[Reflections in a Golden Eye (film)|Reflections in a Golden Eye]]'', from a scene in which [[Marlon Brando]]'s character is facing the mirror.<ref>{{cite book |title=Taxi Driver |last=Taubin |first=Amy |publisher=BFI Publishing |year=2000 |isbn=0-85170-393-3 |location=London}}</ref> Screenwriter Paul Schrader said that De Niro improvised the dialogue, and that his performance was inspired by "an underground New York comedian" whom he had once seen, possibly including his signature line.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/film-view-scorseses-disturbing-taxi-driver.html |title=Scorsese's Disturbing 'Taxi Driver' |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=February 15, 1976 |work=The New York Times|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901073800/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/film-view-scorseses-disturbing-taxi-driver.html|archive-date=September 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' said of the latter part of the phrase, "I'm the only one here", that it was "the truest line in the film.... Travis Bickle's desperate need to make some kind of contact somehow—to share or mimic the effortless social interaction he sees all around him, but does not participate in."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/taxi-driver-20th-anniversary-edition-1996 |title=Taxi Driver: 20th Anniversary Edition |last=Ebert |first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert |date=March 1, 1996 |website=RogerEbert.com|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216094123/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/taxi-driver-20th-anniversary-edition-1996|archive-date=February 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his 2009 memoir, saxophonist [[Clarence Clemons]] said that De Niro explained the line's origins during the production of ''[[New York, New York (1977 film)|New York, New York]]'' (1977), with the actor seeing [[Bruce Springsteen]] say the line onstage at a concert.<ref>{{cite book |title=Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales |last=Clemons |first=Clarence |author-link=Clarence Clemons |publisher=Sphere |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7515-4346-9}}</ref> In the 2000 film ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', De Niro would repeat the monologue with some alterations in the role of the character [[Fearless Leader]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/robert-de-niros-best-worst-and-craziest-performances-165878/ugly-the-adventures-of-rocky-bullwinkle-2000-157731/|title=Robert De Niro's Best, Worst and Craziest Performances|publisher=rollingstone.com|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228231628/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/robert-de-niros-best-worst-and-craziest-performances-165878/ugly-the-adventures-of-rocky-bullwinkle-2000-157731/|url-status=live}}</ref>