Quotes by Robert De Niro

About Robert De Niro:

Robert De Niro is an American actor and producer who has starred in over 90 films. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Sonny Corleone in the crime film The Godfather (1972), he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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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 ...

Robert De Niro

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.

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The talent is in the choices.

Robert De Niro

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

Robert De Niro

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

I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve th...

Robert De Niro

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

Robert De Niro

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

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

Robert De Niro

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.

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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 th...

Robert De Niro

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

My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting...

Robert De Niro

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

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

Robert De Niro

I'm not a big football person at all.

Robert De Niro

I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.

Robert De Niro

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.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is a very serious young actor.

Robert De Niro

When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18.

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Author Bio

  • NameRobert De Niro
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director and producer
  • BornAugust 17, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Film Producer; Film Actor; Voice Actor; Painter
  • AwardsBAFTA Award For Best Newcomer; BAFTA Award For Best Actor In A Leading Role; Academy Award For Best Actor; Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor; Donostia Award