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Robert De Niro Quotes

Total quotes: 49
“Look at me, never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.”
— James Conway, GoodFellas
Tagged: honor code, Rat
“Lorenzo: You stay away from that bar. You don't see me going to the bar, do you ?

Calogero 'C' Anello: You mean Mom won't let you go either?

Lorenzo: What am I gonna do with this kid?”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
“When they say they're more than a little concerned, they're desperate.”
— Frank Sheeran, The Irishman
Tagged: Concerned, Desperate, Lesson
“I know, Jerry, that you are as human as the rest of us, if not more so.”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: celebrity, Fandom, human, idolization
“[picks up baby Michael, kisses him, holds him] Michael, your father loves you very much. Very much.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Love, paternal love, Father Son
“A deer has to be taken with one shot. I try to tell people that but they don't listen.”
— Michael Vronsky, The Deer Hunter
Tagged: Deer, One Shot, Murder
“Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Loneliness
“Rupert Pupkin: I'm gonna work 50 times harder, and I'm gonna be 50 times more famous than you.

Jerry Langford: Then you're gonna have idiots like you plaguing your life!”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: celebrity, Fandom, human, idolization, Stalkers, idiots
“[in Italian] Do me this favor. I won't forget it. Ask your friends in the neighborhood about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: favor, Reciprocity
“Personnel Officer: How's your driving record? Clean?

Travis Bickle: It's clean, real clean. Like my conscience.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: driving record, Clean, Conscience
“I think someone should just take this city and just...just flush it down the fuckin' toilet.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: City, Toilet, Fuck
“I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant, and many people are like that, women for sure, they're like a union.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: cold, distant, Women, Misogyny
“Now I see this clearly. My whole life is pointed in one direction. There never has been a choice for me.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Destiny, Direction, Choice
“Rupert Pupkin: Well, I'm sorry. I made a mistake.

Jerry Langford: So did Hitler!”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: Hitler, Mistakes, Overstatement
“Jimmy Hoffa: Would you like to be a part of this, Frank? Would you like to be a part of this history?

Frank Sheeran: Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available.”
— Frank Sheeran, The Irishman
Tagged: History, Included , Question
“Genco Abbandando: So, what do you think of my angel?

Vito Corleone: You're happy, I'm happy.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: angel, Happy
“The days go on and on...they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Morbid, self-attention
“Listen to me very carefully. There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that *I* do it. You understand?”
— Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, Casino
Tagged: authoritarian, gambling movies
“Sometimes in the heat of passion, the little head tells the big head what to do, and the big head should think twice about what you are doing.”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: Passion, Sex
“I will be watching you and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown.”
— Robert De Niro, Meet The Parents
Tagged: Father Quotes, T.V Dads
“The more scribbled the name, the bigger the fame.”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: Autographs, Fame
“He's wrong, it don't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who the real tough guy is, the working man is the tough guy, your father's the tough guy!”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: working man, Tough Guy
“Nowadays, young people, they don't know who Jimmy Hoffa was. They don't have a clue. I mean, maybe they know that he disappeared or something, but that's about it. But back then, there wasn't nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.”
— Frank Sheeran, The Irishman
Tagged: Young People, No Clue, country, History
“Oh, boy, you don't know how fast time goes by until you get there.”
— Frank Sheeran, The Irishman
Tagged: time flies, Age, Time
“I got some bad ideas in my head.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Bad Ideas
“Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are!”
— Max Cady, Cape Fear
Tagged: stalker
“You talking to me?”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Psychotic
“Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: king, schmuck, risk-taking
“[during the play 'Senza Mamma']
Genco Abbandando: Vito, how do you like my little angel? Isn't she beautiful?

Vito Corleone: She's very beautiful. To you, she's beautiful. For me, there's only my wife and son.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Wife, Son, Children
“Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Rain, Trash, God
“I make him an offer he don' refuse. Don' worry.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: offer you can't refuse
“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: Sad, wasted talent
“Lorenzo: [hears knocking on the door] Who is it?

Detective Belsik: POLICE. Is this the Anello residence?

Lorenzo: Yeah, could I help ya?

Detective Belsik: Look, we're detectives. We'd like to ask you some questions.

Lorenzo: About what?

Detective Belsik: Just open the door!”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: police interrogation
“All the animals come out at night—whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Psychotic, Whores, skunk pussies, buggers, Queens, Fairies, dopers, Junkies, Sick, venal, Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem
“Calogero 'C' Anello: Sonny was right. The working man IS a sucker, dad. He's a sucker.

Lorenzo: He's wrong! It don't take much strength to pull a trigger, but try and get up every morning, day after day and work for a livin'! Let's see him try that! Then we'll see who's the REAL tough guy! The working man's the tough guy! Your father's the tough guy!”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: working man, Sucker, Tough Guy
“Lorenzo: [about C] The other night he tried to throw away his baseball cards because he said Mickey Mantle would never pay our rent.

Sonny: [laughs] He said that to you? I can't believe that kid.

[They all start laughing]

Lorenzo: That's not funny. Not when your kid has a bigger bank account than you do.”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: Mickey Mantle, bank account
“Travis Bickle: I'll tell you why. I think you're a lonely person. I drive by this place a lot and I see you here. I see a lot of people around you. And I see all these phones and all this stuff on your desk. It means nothing. Then when I came inside and I met you, I saw in your eyes and I saw the way you carried yourself that you're not a happy person. And I think you need something. And if you want to call it a friend, you can call it a friend.

Betsy: Are you gonna be my friend?

Travis Bickle: Yeah.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Lonely, Happy, Friend
“Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks. I'm workin' long hours now, six in the afternoon to six in the morning. Sometimes even eight in the morning, six days a week. Sometimes seven days a week. It's a long hustle but it keeps me real busy. I can take in three, three fifty a week. Sometimes even more when I do it off the meter. All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me.”
— Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
Tagged: Bronx, Brooklyn, Scum, Rain, Harlem, spooks, Hustler, Whores, Pussies, buggers, dopers, Sick
“Lorenzo: [after Calogero looks at a whole lineup and doesn't identify the shooter] You satisfied, officer?

Detective Vella: No, I'm not satisfied.

Lorenzo: He don't know. He can't help you.

Detective Vella: [cynically] Yeah, yeah, I know. Your son doesn't know anything. I know all about it.

Lorenzo: He said no. He can't help you.

Detective Vella: [annoyed] I'll tell ya what, take a walk. G'head. G'head.”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: police interrogation
“[Vito returns years later to Sicily and meets Don Ciccio, the man who murdered Vito's family]
Don Ciccio: I see you took the name of the town. What was your father's name?

Vito Corleone: Antonio Andolini.

Don Ciccio: You'll have to speak up. I can't hear you

Vito Corleone: My father's name was Antonio Andolini...and this is for you.
[stabs him]”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: Violence, Stabbing
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