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

Life, Greatest, Two

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

Life, Nothing, Ironic

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

Time, Dead, Rest

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 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

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

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

The talent is in the choices.
Robert De Niro

Talent, Choices

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

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

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

Changed, Rome, Italy

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

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 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

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

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

Young, Serious, Actor

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

Life, Money, Makes

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.
Robert De Niro

Work, Movies, Hard

My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at.
Robert De Niro

Good, Place, Stay

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Type: Actor

Born: August 17, 1943

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