Deniro Quotes

Robert DeNiro has been trying to get it done for a few years, and hopefully the movie happens and I`ll be in it. I`ve got my plate full right now, so we`ll see what happens.

I don`t know. I want to go home at the end of the day and feel like I left a certain part of myself behind. You watch a Pacino performance, a DeNiro performance, you sit back in wonder and watch what they did. I`m curious as to what it would take for me to get to that place.

When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.

I`m at my best when I`m working with really talented people, and I`m there to gently suggest or guide or inspire or contribute whatever I can to their effort. It`s not like I`m gonna tell Robert DeNiro how to act - but I could provide him with useful anecdotal material from my own life or other people I`ve known, or actual psychological information, or insights into his character. The technique`s up to him. But there are ways to gently urge an actor to pick up the pace or slow it down or focus more, to go bigger or smaller. Some actors are very open right at the beginning - they say, You only need four words with me: `Bigger, smaller, faster, slower.`"

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that`s OK, because I still get to tell people I`ve worked with Robert DeNiro.