Cigar Aficionado Publisher Chats With De Niro

Marvin Shanken says he has never prepared more thoroughly for an interview.

By the time the September issue of Cigar Aficionado hits newsstands Aug. 25, Robert De Niro will officially and briefly be slightly older than magazine publisher Marvin Shanken. The actor will celebrate his 72nd birthday on Monday, while Shanken will turn that same age in October.

It’s not too often that De Niro does interviews, let alone with someone his own age. Throughout the Q&A, conducted in May at Cigar Aficionado’s offices, Shanken tries to get the actor to identify a favorite movie, a notable one from the Scorsese collaboration catalog, and so on.

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