Robert De Niro movie quotes

“There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.”
Robert De Niro

“Now you're insulting my intelligence; what you think I am, a fuckin' idiot? You know goddamn well that someone had to get into those machines and set those fuckin' reels. The probability of one four-reel machine is a million and a half to one; the probability of three machines in a row; it's in the billions! It cannot happen, would not happen,...” (continue) (continue reading)

Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein

“- Whispers DiTullio: To tell you the truth, I'm a little concerned.
- Frank Sheeran: [narrating] Whenever anybody says they're a little concerned, they're very concerned.
- Whispers DiTullio: As a matter of fact, I'm really more than a little concerned.
- Frank Sheeran: [narrating] And when they say they're more than a little concerned, they're...” (continue) (continue reading)
Paul Herman - Whispers DiTullio
Robert De Niro - Frank Sheeran

“Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.”
Robert De Niro - Sam

“Retirement is an ongoing, relentless effort in creativity. You can try yoga, like to cook, bought some plants, took classes in Mandarin. Believe me, I've tried everything. I just know there's a hole in my life and I need to fill it... soon.”

Robert De Niro - Ben

“- Jonathan Mardukas: Come on, cigarettes are killers.
- Jack Walsh: So are women.”
Charles Grodin - Jonathan Mardukas
Robert De Niro - Jack Walsh

“- Rodrigo Mendoza: For me, there is no redemption.
- Father Gabriel: God gave us the burden of freedom. You chose your crime. Do you have the courage to choose your penance?”
Robert De Niro - Rodrigo Mendoza
Jeremy Irons - Father Gabriel

“She'll never divorce him. She'll kill him but she won't divorce him.”
Robert De Niro - James Conway

“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.”

Robert De Niro - Lorenzo

“No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead.”
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein

“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
Robert De Niro - Lorenzo

“- Detective Belsik: There were people who saw him.
- Lorenzo: Well, they're wrong. He don't know nothin'.
- Detective Belsik: Listen, Mr. Anello, we could do things the nice way or we could do things the hard way. Alright?”

Mitch Kolpan - Detective Belsik
Robert De Niro - Lorenzo

“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.”
Robert De Niro - Frank Sheeran

“- Jimmy Hoffa: In a war, you go from point A to point B. Sometimes, you spill a little beer along the way. That philosophy make sense to you?
- Frank Sheeran: Sure does.”
Al Pacino - Jimmy Hoffa
Robert De Niro - Frank Sheeran

“- Jimmy Hoffa: You wanna be a part of this fight?
- Frank Sheeran: Yes, I do, sir.
- Jimmy Hoffa: Would you like to be a part of this history?
- Frank Sheeran: Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available.”
Al Pacino - Jimmy Hoffa
Robert De Niro - Frank Sheeran

“- Arthur Fleck: Murray, one small thing?
- Murray Franklin: Yeah?
- Arthur Fleck: When you bring me out, can you introduce me as Joker?”
Joaquin Phoenix - Arthur Fleck
Robert De Niro - Murray Franklin

“November is the cruelest month of the year.”
Robert De Niro - Alfredo Berlinghieri

“- Alfredo Berlinghieri: Where's my father's gun?
- Olmo Dalco: I have hidden it.
- Alfredo Berlinghieri: You'd better be careful. If you don't use it, it gets rusty.”
Robert De Niro - Alfredo Berlinghieri
Gérard Depardieu - Olmo Dalcò

“- Regina: Make me cum. Make me cum. Make me cum.
- Alfredo Berlinghieri: Come on, you can't cum. An elephant couldn't make you cum.
- Regina: All I need is a real man!”
Laura Betti - Regina
Robert De Niro - Alfredo Berlinghieri

“- Dwight Hansen: You look fine.
- Tobias 'Toby' Wolff: I look like an idiot.
- Dwight Hansen: You act like an idiot. You look fine.”
Robert De Niro - Dwight
Leonardo DiCaprio - Toby

“You made me wait 30 years to prove to the world I could kick your ass! And that's what I'm going to do, kick your ass!”

Robert De Niro - Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen

“- Gil Renard: Don't you talk back to me. You show me some respect. Without people like me, you're nothing. We're the ones that get you your 40 fuckin' million!
- Bobby Rayburn: Look, what do you want?
- Gil Renard: What do I want? I want every time they think of you they're gonna think of me.”

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Wesley Snipes - Bobby Rayburn

“You should feel nothing but great about what you've done, and I'd hate to see you let anyone take that away from you.”

Robert De Niro - Ben

She told me on her deathbed: “you get back out there again”.
Robert De Niro - Dick Kelly

“- Winifred Ames: Fuck you!
- Conrad Brean: Leave it alone! What did television ever do to you?
- Winifred Ames: It destroyed the electoral process!”

Anne Heche - Winifred Ames
Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean