Robert De Niro Quotes

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.

Even I like to go to certain restaurants and places where you have to wear a jacket, a suit and a tie, and I like that sort of old world style. I am sure it will come back in many ways, if it hasn't already. It's kind of nice and it breaks it up.

I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who do very few takes, they know what they want.

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

When you make a movie, everyone should leave their own personal problems at home. When they start bringing those to set, filming can be very difficult... You don't need any extra drama. Put the drama into the story, in the characters.

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

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

Everybody's in New York and, hopefully, my younger kids will go to college in New York and find something they want to do so they'll stay in the city

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.

As an actor who's starting out, you can't say, "Hey, I'm too good for this." You gotta do it, because people see you, your name gets around, and it has a cumulative effect.