Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1995–1996 Oscar winner "Raging Bull", the first movie to star both De Niro and Pesci), and "Li'l bit" (a shortened version of a line from "Goodfellas" (where De Niro accuses another mobster of being a "little bit out of line" for insulting Pesci's character), another film starring the two actors). The real Pesci and De Niro appeared on one episode, criticizing Breuer for playing caricatures of their film characters. Quinn suddenly says he is not De Niro, but "Colin Quinn from "Remote Control"." Breuer's and Quinn's weak defense of themselves insults Pesci, who asks De Niro if they were just insulted,
Robert De Niro to creative differences. He was replaced by Ray Winstone. He appeared as Senator John McLaughlin in the action film "Machete" (2010), and starred in the thriller "Stone" (2010). He again reprised his role as Jack Byrnes in "Little Fockers" (2010). He appeared in the action film "Killer Elite" (2011), "Limitless" (2011) and the romantic comedy film "New Year's Eve" (2011). De Niro starred in the film "Manuale d'amore 3" (2011). In January 2011, CBS picked up De Niro's crime pilot, "NYC 22" (originally titled "Rookies"), but it was cancelled after airing only four episodes. In 2011, De Niro was the