"I consider it my civic duty"

In a recent Hollywood Reporter In Studio interview, De Niro — a vocal critic of President Donald Trump — said that the appearances on SNL feel like his “civic duty.”

“I consider it my civic duty to do that part — just to be there because [Mueller] doesn’t say much, but he doesn’t have to. It’s that simple,” said the star, who added that he still has hopes that the president will serve jail time for suspected collusion with Russia in the 2016 election. “I might even be happier the day that Mueller puts him in handcuffs, takes him in an orange jumpsuit and puts him away for a long time.”