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
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
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
When you make a movie, everyone should leave their own personal problems at home. When they start bringing those to set, filming… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an… — 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 Image
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 Image
You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
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 Image
