It actually blew my mind when I saw it a few years back, it just doesn't seem to fit the De Niro aura.
I'm Asian, and I can't get with some Asian chicks (or any chicks for that matter). It's always been hispanic, black and white and West Asian for me before "eastern" Asian. Something about them reeks of fake and annoying. There has to be something unique about them. To me, they're all clones of each other.
I used to be just like you but I decided to stay mostly indoors and used bleach cream, now I'm a white guy! Esteban