Robert De Niro Quotes

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.
Robert De Niro

Time, Wait, Whatever

It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.
Robert De Niro

Important, Feelings, Try

You'll have time to rest when you're dead.
Robert De Niro

Time, Dead, Rest

I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.
Robert De Niro

Simple, Feeling, Another

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
Robert De Niro

Life, Greatest, Two

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

Truth, System, Class

There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
Robert De Niro

Life, Nothing, Ironic

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

Place, Exciting, City

The talent is in the choices.
Robert De Niro

Talent, Choices

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

Live, Acting, Lives

I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.
Robert De Niro

Problem, Rejection, Behind

I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.
Robert De Niro

Love, Great, Someone

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.
Robert De Niro

Good, Wrong, Actor

I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.
Robert De Niro

May, Afraid, Tell

I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.
Robert De Niro

Movies, Fall, Watch

I like to visit L.A., but I wouldn't want to live there.
Robert De Niro

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.
Robert De Niro

Great, Mean, Actress

I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.
Robert De Niro

Important, Else, Treat

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.
Robert De Niro

Work, Best, Respect

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

Human, Whether, Actor

If it's a very emotional scene, you're kind of relieved when you've done it, kind of spent. And there are times when you can be rattled, certain characters if they're hyper, that can carry over, the residue of that. But I try to leave it on the set.
Robert De Niro

Emotional, Done, Try

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.
Robert De Niro

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.
Robert De Niro

Life, Human, Real

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.
Robert De Niro

Changed, Rome, Italy

Leonardo DiCaprio is a very serious young actor.
Robert De Niro

Young, Serious, Actor

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Type: Actor

Born: August 17, 1943

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