Quotes by Robert Niro

• There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
• I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.
• I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'
• I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.
• I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.
• It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.
• One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.
• There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
• When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.
• You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
• You'll have time to rest when you're dead.
• The talent is in the choices.