176 Quotes by 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.

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.

I don’t like to watch my own movies – I fall asleep in my own movies.

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

Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It’s like a morality car wash.

Somebody steals from me, I’m gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand?

I can get around pretty easily. People don’t expect to see me walking around.

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.’

Everyone’s always interested in a dark theme, especially when there’s humor connected to it. It seems like that helps, if that’s an integral and organic part of the whole story.