Explore Quotes by Robert De Niro

'What's the difference between sex and love?' Hmm. That's a good question. Hey, you interviewed Al Pacino. How'd he answer that?'

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

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

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.

Ok let me explain, if you were bitten by a mad infected dog, who will you blame? the dog or its owner? Definitely the owner, so, all the blame is on the USA Government’s shoulders for adopting and supporting a state like Israel

You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.

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

Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk.

You'll have time to rest when you're dead.

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

A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no right or wrong. There's only good and bad. And "bad" usually happens when you're trying too hard to do it right. There's a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The most important thing for actors - and not just actors, but everybody - is to feel loose enough to create what you want to create, and be free to try anything. To have choices.

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

According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.

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 named their son Gaylord Focker.

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

You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to - you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here.

Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.