Robert De Niro Quotes

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

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

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.

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?

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

If you don't go, you'll never know.

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

You don't need words to express feelings.

Passion should always trump common sense.

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.'

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

You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

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

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

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.

Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.

When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.

You don'’t always have to have the answer to everything.

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

The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency.

You don't have to rush to do anything.

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.

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

Loneliness has been following me my whole life.

Write down everything you want to do with your life and then spend the next 25 years doing them.

I have to be able to trust you with my life. Do you understand?

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.

I certainly know the difference between right and wrong.

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

The talent is in the choices.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

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.

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

When you feel that you can't fight it, you just go for it. When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense.

As a kid I didn't root for the bad guys.

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

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.

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

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.

Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I will not hesitate. Not for a second.

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent