Robert De Niro necessary to elicit the best performance from those with whom he is working. During the filming of "The King of Comedy", he directed a slew of anti-Semitic epithets at co-star Jerry Lewis to enhance and authenticate the anger demonstrated by Lewis' character. According to "People" magazine, the technique was successful, with Lewis recalling, "I forgot the cameras were there... I was going for Bobby's throat." De Niro married his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, in 1976. They have a son, Raphael, a former actor who works in New York real estate. De Niro also adopted Abbott's daughter Drena De Niro from
Robert De Niro time. They once again appeared together in "Righteous Kill" (2008). De Niro played Master Chief Billy Sunday in the biographical film "Men of Honor" (2000), based on the life of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver. He also hosted "9/11" (2002), a documentary about the 9/11 attacks, shown on CBS and focusing on video footage made by Jules and Gedeon Naudet that showed the role of firefighters following the attacks. He reprised his role as Jack Byrnes in "Meet the Fockers" (2004) and was featured in "Stardust" (2007). All of the films were