Robert De Niro Quotes


"I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Movies)

"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'"
- Robert De Niro
(Related: London, Now, Paris, Rome, World)

"I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Truth, Actors, Class, Hollywood, Running)

"I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Actor, Actors, Being, Personality)

"It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: People, Feelings)

"One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: People, Acting)

"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Work, Discipline, Anarchy)

"When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Death, Home, Comedy, Day, Drama)

"You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Life, Friends)

"You'll have time to rest when you're dead."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Time, Rest)

"The talent is in the choices."
- Robert De Niro
(Related: Talent, Choices)