Robert De Niro Quotes

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

When I'm working on the scripts or working with the other actors or rehearsing with the director, and when the director is cutting the movie, and we've shot the scene, the director is not looking at the visual effects.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

The hardest thing about writing a script is you finish it, but it doesn't mean anything. It's not like a novel or short story - a script is meant to be made into a movie.

My movies are okay, but they're not my specials.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.

I think that people should really understand what it takes to make a film.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who knows? Maybe Hollywood will make an improvisational movie someday.

You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

I love all kinds of movies. I'd especially like to make some, you know, violent crime drama.

I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.