Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it. "

Robert De Niro

You

End

Day

Related Quotes:

" You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal. "

Robert De Niro

You

Whatever

" I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little. "

" 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. "

" Leonardo DiCaprio is a very serious young actor. "

" I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. "

" I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. "

" 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.' "

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

" You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good. "

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

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

" I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else. "

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

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

" I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will. "

Robert De Niro

Will

You

" 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. "

" The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing. "

" I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies. "

Robert De Niro

Fall

Movies

" My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at. "

" If it's a very emotional scene, you're kind of relieved when you've done it, kind of spent. And there are times when you can be rattled, certain characters if they're hyper, that can carry over, the residue of that. But I try to leave it on the set. "

" I like to visit L.A., but I wouldn't want to live there. "

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

" With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything. "

Robert De Niro

Work

Thinking

" When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18. "

" Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work. "

" 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. "

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

Robert De Niro

Ironic

Life

" I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right. "

" Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome. "

" I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality. "