Robert De Niro Godfather Movie Quotes

If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him. ~ Robert De Niro

The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors. ~ Eddie Murphy

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker. ~ Robert De Niro

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die. ~ Robert De Niro

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro. ~ Jackie Chan

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing. ~ Robert De Niro

I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I'll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I'd like to meet them. ~ Barkhad Abdi

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

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

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does. ~ Eddie Murphy

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

There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else. ~ Anupam Kher

With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything. ~ Robert De Niro

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good. ~ 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

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

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

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work. ~ Robert De Niro

Everyone's always interested in a dark theme, especially when there's humor connected to it. It seems like that helps, if that's an integral and organic part of the whole story. ~ Robert De Niro

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way. ~ Robert De Niro

I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself in the mirror saying, 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Who the hell else are you talkin' to?' That's the scene that changed my life by changing my attitude about acting. ~ Michael Biehn

The talent is in the choices. ~ Robert De Niro

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia. ~ Robert De Niro

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

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

It takes an entire book to tell you what it was like. To see Robert De Niro play your father - it's not a simple answer. To see Julianne Moore play your mother. To see Paul Dano play you - that's an even more inscrutable question ... he's amazing, he's totally amazing, but I can't really say if he's a good me or not. ~ Nick Flynn

Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand? ~ Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro ... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next. ~ Famke Janssen

Loneliness has been following me my whole life. ~ Robert De Niro

Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set. ~ Robert De Niro

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets. ~ Robert De Niro

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

I can get around pretty easily. People don't expect to see me walking around. ~ Robert De Niro

Whats nice about my dating life is that I dont have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: Im marrying Richard Gere, dating Daniel Day-Lewis, parading around with John F. Kennedy, Jr., and even Robert De Niro was in there for a day. ~ Julia Roberts

Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you could've got it. ~ Robert De Niro

A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no right or wrong. There's only good and bad. And "bad" usually happens when you're trying too hard to do it right. There's a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The most important thing for actors - and not just actors, but everybody - is to feel loose enough to create what you want to create, and be free to try anything. To have choices. ~ Robert De Niro

I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro! ~ Russell Tovey

I don't remember what made me want to be an actor. In fact, I'm always curious. ~ Robert De Niro

I got some bad ideas in my head. ~ Robert De Niro

Analyze This is a good movie because Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are really good. But without the material to put on the play, of course, they couldn't be good. For me, it starts with the writing. ~ Harold Ramis

People say I'm into black women. Robert De Niro is into black women. I'm just into women who are real, and they happen to be black. ~ Bill Maher

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation. ~ Robert De Niro

In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window. ~ Matthew Rhys