De Niro Quotes

• The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.

  Jackie Chan

  Life, Stars, Actors

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• As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for Robert De Niro there's Al Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Mountain, Actors, Scrutiny

  "Come February, the world will be sick of my face". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2012.

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• I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.

  Mira Sorvino

  Jobs, Two Sides, Acting

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• Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Actors, Wells, Stills

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

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• The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?

  Matt Damon

  Mean, Actors, Knows

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• If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people like Robert De Niro are getting into production. Again, it's art vs. marketing. Not everyone can take the risk. You have to break a few eggs to make a good omelet.

  Michael Winslow

  Art, Blessing, Eggs

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

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• Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough

  Tom Berenger

  Character, Play, Tough

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• I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a movie whether it was
  good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with
  them I thought it was pretty good company to keep.

  Angela Bassett

  Scene, Good Company, Honestly

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• Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.

  Billy Crystal

  Acting, Comedy, Truthful

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• I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.

  Jon Lovitz

  Dream, Opposites, Directors

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• Whats nice about my dating life is that I dont have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: Im marrying Richard Gere, dating Daniel Day-Lewis, parading around with John F. Kennedy, Jr., and even Robert De Niro was in there for a day.

  Julia Roberts

  Nice, Dating, House

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

  Anthony Michael Hall

  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'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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• 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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• And as a director, you constantly try to solve problems, so you have to focus on that. You take away all the other parts. Of course, when the shot finishes, you remember that you have Robert De Niro in front of you. But when you're shooting, you just see a character in front of you, and an actor, and you try to search for very truthful moments. That's what obsesses you.

  Rodrigo Cortes

  Character, Focus, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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 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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