The 25 best phrases of Robert De Niro
Talk 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 has starred in unforgettable films, such as Taxi Driver (1976), The Godfather II (1974) or Wild 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.
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Famous quotes by Robert De Niro
Known so much for his mythical interpretations of the most diverse characters, De Niro is, perhaps, one of the actors with the most acclaimed career of our time.
In this article we are going to know the best phrases of Robert De Niro, taken from many of his films but also from interviews in which he shows the most human side of him.
1. We all pay a price for the actions we take in the past, but when has it been enough? (Condemned)
The price is usually a difficult slab to beat. A mortgage for life.
2. The piece must always be hunted with a single bullet. Doing it with two is a mess. I always tell everyone, but no one listens to me. (The hunter)
A metaphor that we can apply to any facet of life, not just hunting.
3. A guy in my position must always have a lot of cash on hand, smeared cops and thugs, who don't take checks. (Casino)
The law of the street, extracted from one of the highest grossing films of him.
4. In a casino the first rule is to make them play non-stop and keep them coming back. The longer they play the more money they lose, and in the end we keep it all. (Casino)
On the predatory mentality of the gambling hall owners.
5. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If not, you are only part of the landscape. (Ronin)
A sentence that can be applied to different spheres of business, criminal and police life.
6. What were we going to paint in the middle of a desert? The only reason is money. That's the bottom line of neon lights and travel agency deals, all the champagne, the free hotel suites, the whores, and the booze. Everything is organized just for us to take your money. We are the only ones who win, the players have no chance. (Casino)
Another thought on casinos and the way customers just fall prey to a (almost) perfect system for emptying their pockets.
7. The desert seemed like an eerie place to me, you couldn't tell who was buried there. (Casino)
Certainly the miles and miles of sand are a perfect hiding place for any corpse that should be hidden.
8. Lawyer? Lawyer? Are you there? Come out little mouse, I want to see your tail... (The cape of fear)
A famous phrase by Robert De Niro in the role of him as Max Cady, a psychopathic criminal who persecutes the lawyer who left him lying in a trial that cost him a jail sentence.
9. I am like God and God is like me, I am as big as God, he is the same size as me, he is not above me, nor am I below him... (The Cape of Fear)
From the same film as the previous sentence, in this case Max Cady shows his delirium of greatness.
10. I have an old-fashioned mind about honor: 'tit for tat' and things like that. (The heart of the angel)
Honor or resentment? In any case, another movie in which Robert De Niro plays a bad boy.
11. There are three ways to do things: right, wrong, and mine. (Casino)
On the particular ethics of bookmakers.
12. Give this bull a stage where he can demonstrate his bravery, because although my thing is to fight more, I would like to know how to recite... This is show. (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 bombast and his narcissistic spirit.
14. I would like to feel them vibrate when they hear me recite Shakespeare. A horse, my kingdom for a horse, I haven't won a bet for six months. (Wild bull)
Boxer and poet: two sides of the same coin?
15. Don't tie yourself to anything you can't put down for less than 30 seconds when the cops are hot on your heels. (Heat)
One of the laws of criminal gangs.
16. If there is doubt, it is that there is no doubt. (Heat)
A curious phrase by Robert De Niro that can motivate us to take action.
17. There is no one else here… Are you talking to me? (Taxi Driver)
In front of the mirror, the deranged taxi driver had this hypothetical conversation.
18. Loneliness has always haunted me. Everywhere. In bars and in cars, streets, shops... everywhere. I have no escape. I am the lonely man of God. (Taxi Driver)
A gray taxi driver pondering his existence before taking action.
19. By the way... If talking to you I turn into a queer, I will kill you. (A dangerous therapy)
An ironic phrase on his role as a patient just out of 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 makes fun of an excessively boastful guy.
21. Look at the trunk of this car, it is huge, it can fit 2 or 3 corpses. (A dangerous therapy)
Always faithful to black humor.
20. You go further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word. (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. At night people from all classes come out. Whores, thugs, thieves, drug dealers... Someday a rain will come and clean the streets of this filth. (Taxi Driver)
A final reflection on the decline 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 too critical; while we men, of course, just become grateful.
Taken from a recent interview, it talks about women's fear of being judged by other women.
25. It is said that there is not enough religion for people to love each other, but there is enough for them to hate each other. (The heart of the angel)
Another phrase from De Niro that helps us reflect on our beliefs.
