Top 25 Robert De Niro Quotes

A compilation of the best famous quotes of the exceptional New York actor.

Talking about Robert De Niro (1943) is to talk about one of the most prolific and versatile actors of the last forty years. Born in New York, De Niro starred in unforgettable films such as Taxi Driver (1976), The Godfather II (1974) and Raging Bull (1980).

His career has been marked by his peculiar association with Martin Scorsese. This director, along with Brian De Palma, have positively marked his acting career.

Robert De Niro's Famous Quotes

Known both for his mythical interpretations of the most varied characters, De Niro is perhaps one of the most acclaimed actors of our time..

In this article we are going to know the best phrases of Robert De Niro, extracted from many of his films but also from interviews in which he shows his most human side.

We all pay a price for the actions we have done in the past, but when has it ever been enough? (Condemned)

The price is usually a difficult burden to overcome. A lifetime mortgage.

2. The game must always be hunted with a single bullet. To do it with two is a botched job. I always tell everyone, but nobody listens to me. (The hunter)

A metaphor that can be applied to any facet of life, not just hunting.

3. A guy in my position should always have plenty of cash on hand, the smeared cops and the thugs, who don't take checks. (Casino)

The law of the street, taken from one of his most successful films.

4. In a casino the first rule is to make them play incessantly and get them to come back. The longer they play the more money they lose, and in the end we keep it all. (Casino)

On the predatory mentality of gambling hall owners.

5. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If you're not, you're just part of the landscape. (Ronin)

A sentence that can be applied to different spheres of business, criminal and police life.

6. What would we paint in the middle of a desert? The only reason is money. That's the end result of the neon lights and travel agency offers, all the champagne, free hotel suites, hookers and booze. It's all organized just for us to take their money. We are the only ones who win, the gamblers don't stand a chance. (Casino)

Another reflection on casinos and the way in which customers are only prey to an (almost) perfect system to empty their pockets.

7. I found the desert an unsettling place, you couldn't tell who was buried there. (Casino)

Certainly, the miles and miles of sand are a perfect hiding place for any corpse to hide.

Lawyer? Lawyer? Are you there? Come out little rat, I want to see your little tail... (Cape Fear)

A famous line by Robert De Niro in his role as Max Cady, a psychopathic criminal who pursues the lawyer who left him stranded in a trial that cost him a prison sentence.

9. I am like God and God is like me, I am as big as God, he is the same size as I am, he is not above me, nor am I below him... (Cape Fear)

From the same film as the previous sentence, in this case Max Cady shows his delirium of grandeur.

10. I have an old-fashioned mind about honor: 'an eye for an eye' and things like that. (The Angel's Heart)

Honor or spite? In any case, another movie in which Robert De Niro plays a bad guy.

11. There are three ways of doing things: the right way, the wrong way and mine. (Casino)

About the particular ethics of gambling houses.

12. Give this bull a stage where he can show his bravery, because although my thing is to fight, I would like to know how to recite... This is a spectacle. (Wild bull)

Playing a stubborn and brave boxer.

13. The difference between me and the preacher is that the preacher works for God... and I am God. (Men of Honor)

Another character characterized by his grandiloquence and narcissistic spirit.

14. I would like to feel them vibrate when they hear me recite Shakespeare. A horse, my kingdom for a horse, I have not won a bet for six months. (Raging bull)

Boxer and poet: two sides of the same coin?

15. Don't tie yourself to anything you can't leave in less than 30 seconds when the cops are on your heels. (Heat)

One of the laws of criminal gangs.

16. If there's doubt, there's no doubt. (Heat)

A curious phrase by Robert De Niro that can motivate us to take action.

17. There's no one else here... Are you talking to me? (Taxi Driver)

In front of the mirror, the unhinged cab driver had this hypothetical conversation.

18. Loneliness has always followed me. Everywhere. In bars and cars, streets, stores... everywhere. I have no escape. I am God's lonely man. (Taxi Driver)

A gray cab driver reflecting on his existence before taking action.

19. By the way... if talking to you turns me into a faggot, I'll kill you. (A dangerous therapy)

An ironic phrase in his role as a patient recently released from prison.

20. They call him 6 pesetas because he is too hard. (A dangerous therapy)

From the same movie as the previous one, in this case it ironizes about an excessively boastful guy.

21. Look at the trunk of this car, it's huge, it can hold 2 or 3 corpses. (A dangerous therapy)

Always faithful to black humor.

20. You get further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone. (The Untouchables of Elliot Ness)

Perhaps Robert De Niro's phrase that best defines his acting career: a mixture of black humor and criminal spirit.

23. People of all kinds go out at night. Whores, punks, thieves, drug dealers.... Someday a rain will come and clean the streets of this filth. (Taxi Driver)

A final reflection on the decadence of New York.

24. According to a recent survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than in front of women. They say they become overly critical; while we men, of course, simply become grateful.

Taken from a recent interview, she talks about women's fear of being judged by other women.

25. It is said that there is not enough religion to make people love each other, but enough to make them hate each other. (The Angel's Heart)

Another De Niro's phrase that helps us to reflect on our beliefs.