Robert De Niro

"There's no such thing as not being afraid."

"The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying—even if you say something totally crazy. You need …"

"If you don't go, you'll never know."

"When I'm directing a great dramatic scene, part of me is saying, "Thank God I don't have to do that." Because I know how fucking hard it is to act. It's the middle of the night. It's freezing. You got…"

"These movies are like my children, except you can't remake my children in 3D to push up the grosses."

"As you get older, the more complicated things get. It's almost therapeutic to be doing simple things with the kids."

"I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there."

"Some people say, "New York's a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there." I say that about other places."