I don't remember what made me want to be an actor. In fact, I'm always curious. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this."… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
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… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
I've been in so many movies that I automatically know what's happening on the set. Things that I don't even remember consciously I just… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work. — Robert De Niro Copy Share
The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people who can… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
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 Copy Share
It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them. — Robert De Niro Copy Share
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,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
New York is more exciting, I guess, than even Paris or London. New York's the center of something; I don't know what, really -… — Robert De Niro Copy Share
