“You Talkin’ to Me?” (Taxi Driver)

If you don’t enjoy Robert De Niro’s brilliant performance in Taxi Driver, do you even like cinema? De Niro was perfect in the role of the psychopathic Travis Bickle and delivered one of the best-known movie lines of all time: the much-quoted “You talkin’ to me?” that he delivered in front of the mirror.

But did you know De Niro’s now-iconic line wasn’t even scripted? In the original screenplay, the only instruction was “Bickle speaks to himself in the mirror,” and De Niro was given full creative control for the scene. The improvised lines were so good that we’re pretty convinced De Niro would make for a great screenwriter!