Zitat des Tages von Robert De Niro:
I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.
There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.
I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.
You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.
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 like to visit L.A., but I wouldn't want to live there.
Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.
You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
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.
You'll have time to rest when you're dead.
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
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.
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.
When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.
It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.
I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'
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.
I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.
I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect.
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.
I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.