All quotations and phrases said by Robert De Niro including famous quotes

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters.
-- Robert De Niro

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The talent is in the choices.
-- Robert De Niro

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

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

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When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.
-- Robert De Niro

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

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

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