Diner Quotes

Hollywood`s just not funny. You walk around and think `Where`s the funny at?` It`s not there - all there is is a bunch of directors and actors walking around. I like going into a diner and meeting real people. Funny is where the real people are.

"My dream car is a red `57 Chevrolet pickup. So I`d take a road trip in that for a day, play classic rock music the whole time and then stop at a diner at midnight for some apple pie."

I had gotten so out of touch with reality that one day in 1992. I just sold my house at a $200,000.00 loss, moved back East, and put my money into T-bills. I spent the next year working behind the counter and running the cash register for room and board at Vandam Diner, a little lower east Manhattan diner, owned by a friend`s father.

Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you`re packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off.

Before Footloose, the things I`d done weren`t cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

We had never experienced a Jersey diner before. Everything you could ever ask for is under one roof!

Sitting at the table doesn`t make you a diner, unless you eat some of what`s on that plate. Being here in America doesn`t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn`t make you an American.

(on Robert De Niro) De Niro has only shown me kindness. He`s a real friend. He`s helped me shop for my wife`s and my kid`s Christmas presents. He`s invited me round to meet his granny and he`s come to my house for a pot-luck diner. That really knocked my wife out. I think she was finally impressed with me.

Americans find my accent difficult. When you`re in a diner and you say `vinegar` they`re like `what?` Then you say it with an American accent and they get what you mean. It`s not like you`re in an office supply store though - you`re in a diner, work it out for God`s sake!

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

We grew up watching gangster movies. We wanted to make a film that people would quote to each other like `Diner` and `Godfather,`