79+ Best Robert De Niro Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor, producer, and director who holds both American and Italian citizenship. He is particularly known for his collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Profoundly inspirational Robert De Niro quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.

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Famous Robert De Niro Quotes

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

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self loathing, and soul crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day. Robert De Niro

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

A guy told me one time, 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. Robert De Niro

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

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. Robert De Niro

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 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

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it’s a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way. 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

Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait. Robert De Niro

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

You don’t need words to express feelings. 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

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

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime. Robert De Niro

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

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent. 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

When you love someone you gotta trust them, there’s no other way. You gotta give them the key to everything that’s yours. Otherwise, what’s the point? Robert De Niro

I like to visit L.A., but I wouldn’t want to live there. Robert De Niro

I never walk into a place I don’t know how to walk out of. Robert De Niro

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

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

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

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self loathing, and soul crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day. Robert De Niro

Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait. Robert De Niro

You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to you talking to me? Well, I’m the only one here. 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

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

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

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

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

Passion should always trump common sense. Robert De Niro

I’m lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will. Robert De Niro

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

According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful. 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. Robert De Niro

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. Robert De Niro

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

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

Write down everything you want to do with your life and then spend the next 25 years doing them. 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 classes there on Saturdays when I was 10. Robert De Niro

If you don’t co operate you’re gonna suffer from fistophobia. Robert De Niro

I’m not a big football person at all. 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

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. 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 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

If it’s the right chair, it doesn’t take too long to get comfortable in it. Robert De Niro

You don’t have to rush to do anything. Robert De Niro

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

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

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

As I get older, I think that things have been pre determined for me, whether I liked it or wanted it, wished for it, whatever, way before in some way. And with others, you do have a choice that you can change. And that choice that you make is still part of this grand scheme. Robert De Niro

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

The hardest thing about being famous is that in a conversation everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear. Robert De Niro

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

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

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don’t call me late for supper. Robert De Niro

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

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

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

Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. Robert De Niro

I have so much respect for directors. It’s a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right. 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

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. Robert De Niro

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

In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We’re dark and we’re light. We all have both sides to us. Robert De Niro

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