De Niro Quotes - Page 2

• Impressionists have to paint with a very broad stroke because you've got to see it within a couple of seconds. You go, "That's a really funny Robert De Niro." As an actor, though, you look at different aspects of a character. I try to completely surround myself with the assignment. It's like being in a big cloud and then some of it rains through.

  Gary Oldman

  Couple, Rain, Character

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• With acting, it's all about internalizing the character for me and doing all the preparation you can. So the day you first step into your wardrobe, you can walk like the person. That's really the moment where the light bulb goes off. You're nervous; any actor will tell you that. Robert De Niro will probably tell you the same thing. He may not want to share that with you, but he probably goes through it. That's why actors are so neurotic.

  Donnie Wahlberg

  Character, Preparation, Acting

  "Donnie Wahlberg Talks Saw II". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. October 26, 2005.

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• If I'm intimidated, I shouldn't be directing a movie. I gotta treat 'em as characters, not as stars. It's hard to not treat Marlon Brando as a legend, a star, it's difficult not to treat Robert De Niro as a star, but that had to go away very fast after I knew them, because I had to work with them. I'm the director, I'm the boss. They're looking to me for guidance.

  Frank Oz

  Character, Boss, Going Away

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Just watching Robert De Niro was all the words of wisdom I really needed.

  Victor Rasuk

  Words Of Wisdom

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

  Eddie Murphy

  Thinking, Doe, Concentration

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• It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth.

  Ellen Barkin

  Girl, Queens, New York

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• I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Opposites, Friendly, Want

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, music.avclub.com. June 7, 2007.

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• I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.

  Ben Mendelsohn

  Thinking, Ideas, Acting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Kids, Character, People

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• It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

  Jason Patric

  Vocabulary, Interesting, Helping

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• It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre.

  Christopher Lambert

  Mistake, Trying, May

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He's a very shy man. Speaks so quietly that people tend to bend down and adopt the same tone, almost the same voice, whenever they talk to him - watching, you'd think someone's offering to carry out a hit for him when they're just offering him a cup of coffee.

  Toby Jones

  Couple, Coffee, Men

  "Toby Jones: ' So Robert de Niro booked us a table at El Bulli'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

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• There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  People

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• Taxi Driver' is a movie that changed my life and made me a serious actor. Scorsese and De Niro. I give credit for anything that I've ever done as an actor.

  Michael Biehn

  Giving, Serious, Credit

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• I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself in the mirror saying, 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Who the hell else are you talkin' to?' That's the scene that changed my life by changing my attitude about acting.

  Michael Biehn

  Attitude, Mirrors, Acting

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• If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out that experience, unless you're a Pacino or a De Niro or somebody who gets to pick their parts.

  Scott Caan

  Acting, Impossible, Theater

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

  Jackie Chan

  Asian, Want

  "Jackie Chan Retiring From Action Movies: Upcoming Film, 'Chinese Zodiac 2012,' Will Be His Last", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 20, 2012.

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• When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate.

  Sean Penn

  Growing Up, Events, Intimate

  "Sean Penn: What I've Learned". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 12, 2012.

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• De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

  Christopher Meloni

  Hero, Levels, Tvs

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• The first movie I saw where it convinced me I could be an actor was 'Mean Streets,' so whenever I see Robert De Niro and he says, 'Hi, Denis,' it's still a really big deal.

  Denis Leary

  Mean, Actors, Saws

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• Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.

  Famke Janssen

  Names, Next, Resumes

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• I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage, so I'd like to say a few words in Italian: Verdi, Pavarotti, DiMaggio, Valentino, De Niro, Giuliani. . .

  Susan Lucci

  Family, Italian, Pavarotti

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• I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

  Cathy Moriarty

  Past, Years, Advice

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• Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

  Cathy Moriarty

  Reading, Character, Lines

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In my twenties, I thought I was Robert De Niro and I invested all of myself in my acting. But, as I've got older, I've calmed down a bit. I've thrown my game plan out of the window.

  Matthew Rhys

  Games, Acting, Twenties

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