It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

Background
Douglas is a granddaughter of the actor Melvyn Douglas and his first wife artist Rosalind Hightower and has said that her grandfather's performance in Being There in particular was influential on her own career. She later appeared in an Aerosmith music video as Liv Tyler's mother. Personal life

From 1989 until 1997 Douglas was the companion of director Martin Scorsese.