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Robert De Niro Quotes

Total quotes: 31
“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
“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
“[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
“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
“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
“I make him an offer he don' refuse. Don' worry.”
— Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
Tagged: offer you can't refuse
“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
“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
“[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
“I'm sure you can understand. Doing the kind of show I'm doing, it's mind-boggling. There's so much stuff that comes down... you can't keep your head clear. And if that's the case, I'm wrong. You're right. I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, I apologize. I'm just a human being... with all of the foibles and all of the traps... the show, the pressure... the groupies, the autograph hounds... the crew, the incompetence... those behind-the-scenes you think are your friends. You're not sure if you'll be there tomorrow... because of their incompetence. There are wonderful pressures that make every day... a glowing, radiant day in your life. It's terrific. OK, if all of that means nothing... if I'm wrong, in spite of all that... then I apologize. I'm sorry. If you accept my apology... I think we should shake hands. We'll forget the whole thing. I won't press charges. You could be in deep trouble... but I will not press charges.”
— Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy
Tagged: celebrity, Fandom, idolization, Stalkers
“Sonny: First of all, I respect you, Lorenzo, you're a stand-up guy and we're from the same neighborhood, but don't ever talk to me like that again. I tell your kid to go to school, to go to college...

Lorenzo: You don't understand: it's not what you say, it's what he sees, the clothes, the cars, the money, it's everything. He tried to throw away his baseball cards because he said Mickey Mantle will never pay the rent.

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

[They all laugh]

Lorenzo: That's not funny. Not when your kid has a bigger bank account than you.

Sonny: I offered you a job, you said ‘No’ to me.

Lorenzo: That's right, and I say ‘No’ now. Just leave my son alone, please.

Sonny: Hey! [Stands up] Don't you see how I treat that kid? I treat him like he's my son.

Lorenzo: He ain't your son, he's MY son.

Sonny: He's what?

Lorenzo: He's MY son!

Sonny: Hey, get the fuck outta here!

Lorenzo: [Shoved by the gangsters towards the door] I'm not afraid of you.

Sonny: You should be.

Lorenzo: I know who you are, Sonny, I know what you're capable of, and I would never step out of line, you can ask anyone in the neighborhood who knows me. But this time, you're wrong. You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours.

Sonny: What are you gonna do, fight me?

Lorenzo: You stay away from my son!

Sonny: Get outta here before I give you a fucking slap!

Lorenzo: You just stay away from my son!

Sonny: Go ahead!

Lorenzo: I don't care who you are! You stay away from my son!

[the gangsters force him out of the bar]”
— Lorenzo Anello, A Bronx Tale
Tagged: Mickey Mantle, Father/Son, Gangsters, Fuck
“Let me tell you, I know you don't want to listen to your father, I didn't listen to mine, and I am telling you you gotta pay attention this time. When life reaches out at a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back, I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you the rest of your days like a curse. You're facing a big challenge in your life right now at this very moment, right here. That girl loves you she really really loves you. I don't know if Nicki ever did, but she sure as shit doesn't right now. So don't fuck this up.”
— Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tagged: Movie Quotes, Best Movie Quotes
“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.”
— Robert De Niro, 50 Celebrity Quotes On Success
Tagged: life advice, Dreams, Hard Work
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