Robert De Niro Quotes

You draw on whatever’s relevant to the part you’re playing; it makes it more personal.

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

If we do a sequel, I want to beat somebody's ass!

You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me

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.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.

I certainly know the difference between right and wrong.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

As a kid I didn't root for the bad guys.

Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.

The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency.

I have to be able to trust you with my life. Do you understand?

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

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

Things rarely turn out the way we want them to.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.

Loneliness has been following me my whole life.

You don'’t always have to have the answer to everything.

I got some bad ideas in my head.

You don't have to rush to do anything.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

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

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

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.

The older you get, the more you know about certain things.

The talent is in the choices.

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

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

Passion should always trump common sense.

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

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.

If you don't go, you'll never know.

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.

You don't need words to express feelings.

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