Robert De Niro Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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 didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.”

“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 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.”

“I'm not a big football person at all.”

“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.”