The actor was speaking to Out Magazine, ahead of the launch of a documentary about his father – the artist Robert De Niro Sr – who died in 1993.
On his father’s sexuality, De Niro said: “I was not aware, much, of it. I wish we had spoken about it much more.
“My mother didn’t want to talk about things in general, and you’re not interested when you’re a certain age.
“Again, for my kids, I want them to stop and take a moment and realize that you sometimes have to do things now instead of later, because later may be 20 years from now — and that’s too late. » | Nick Duffy | Tuesday, May 27, 2014