Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Nirois an American actor and a producer who has starred in over 100 films. He was cast as the young Vito Corleone in the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 August 1943
CityNew York City, NY
twilight careers mcdonalds
If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him.
heat
I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
badass talking hell
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.
long people want
I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.
taken thinking deer
You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.
reputation lifetime seconds
Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.
thinking years people
I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.
success ideas choices
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.
truth reality way
There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.
motivational character acting
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.
real rain scum
Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.
directors chosen
The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.
hard-work critics hard
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.
knows ifs
If you don't go, you'll never know.