Robert De Niro movie quotes

“I'm not gay myself, but if I were gay, I would certainly be proud to choose a life partner like Gay Focker. And that's his actual name.”
Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes

“- Salvy Batts: I don't want him to fuck me.
- Jake La Motta: I could do that easily.
- Salvy Batts: How ya gonna do that?
- Jake La Motta: Because I'll get youse both in a ring, I'll give youse both a fuckin' beatin', ya both can fuck each other.
- Salvy Batts: I get all full of blood.
- Jake La Motta: You're used to that.”

Frank Vincent - Salvy
Robert De Niro - Jake La Motta

“It's a living thing, Brian. It breathes, it eats, and it hates. The only way to beat it is to think like it. To know that this flame will spread this way across the door and up across the ceiling, not because of the physics of flammable liquids, but because it wants to.”

Robert De Niro - Donald Rimgale

“You don't know how to assess your competition because you haven't competed.”

Robert De Niro - Carl Van Loon

“People are gonna drink! You know that, I know that, we all know that, and all I do is act on that. And all this talk of bootlegging... what is bootlegging? On a boat, it's bootlegging. On Lake Shore Drive, it's hospitality. I'm a businessman!”

Robert De Niro - Al Capone

“You can want in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills first.”
Robert De Niro - Dwight

- Paul Vitti: Jelly, did they find that note?
- Jelly: No, but they will in a minute.
- Dr. Ben Sobel: Oh, and let me guess what it says? "Life is bullshit, I can't fucking take it no more! Signed, the Dead Guy".
- Jelly: That's good, Doc.

Robert De Niro - Paul Vitti
Joe Viterelli - Jelly
Billy Crystal - Dr. Ben Sobel

“There's nothing wrong with spying as long as you suspect foul play.”
Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes

“- Bill Sullivan: I see this as America's eyes and ears; I don't want it to become its heart and soul. So I told the president for this to work there is going to have to be some kind of civilian oversight.
- Edward Wilson: Oversight? How can you have a covert organization if you have people looking over your shoulder?”

Robert De Niro - Bill Sullivan
Matt Damon - Edward Wilson

“I inform on these people, they lose their jobs, they lose their... everything.”

Robert De Niro - David Merrill

“- Greg Focker: Plus, you got another guy around the house to leave the seat up.
- Jack Byrnes: [long pause] He can't lift the seat, Greg. He lacks the strength and opposable thumbs.”

Ben Stiller - Greg Focker
Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes

“- Lorenzo: The other night he tried to throw away his baseball cards because he said Mickey Mantle would never pay our rent.
- Sonny: [laughs] He said that to you? I can't believe that kid.
- Lorenzo: That's not funny. Not when your kid has a bigger bank account than you do.”

Robert De Niro - Lorenzo
Chazz Palminteri - Sonny

“- Noodles: Well, at least you recognized me. That's something.
- Deborah: Actresses have good memories.”
Robert De Niro - Noodles
Elizabeth McGovern - Deborah

“- Coop: You're getting some serious shit for that. Cops are gonna be all over us.
- Gil Renard: Boy, all of a sudden you lost your sense of humor.”

Charles Hallahan - Coop
Robert De Niro - Gil Renard

“- Greg Focker: O dear God, thank You. You are such a good God to us, a kind and gentle... and accommodating God. And we thank You, oh sweet, sweet Lord of hosts... for the... smorgasbord... You have so aptly lain at our table this day... and each day... by day. Day by day by day. Oh dear Lord, three things we pray. To love Thee more dearly. To...” (continue)(continue reading)

Ben Stiller - Greg Focker
Blythe Danner - Dina Byrnes
Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes

“Every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise. You know what paradise is? Salvation.”
Robert De Niro - Max Cady

“I'm a filmmaker. That's all I am, I don't know what else to do. What the hell do they think I'm gonna do? Blow all the bridges if the Red Army comes invading Manhattan?”
Robert De Niro - David Merrill

“- Chase Renzi: This is your house?
- Det. Mitch Preston: No, this is my batcave. There's a tunnel in the garage that leads to my mansion in Beverly Hills.”
Rene Russo - Chase Renzi
Robert De Niro - Det. Mitch Preston

- Senator: You were wandering around. You were in the... you were in the building.
- Sam "Ace" Rothstein: I was in the building? You know damn well I was at that dinner, and you swore to me I would have a fair hearing. Did you not? Did you not? Well, tell me I was at least at the dinner. Allow me that much. Give me that much at least!
- Senator:... (continue)(continue reading)

Dick Smothers - Senator
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein

- Sam "Ace" Rothstein: You know, I don't know if I could do this even if I wanted to. The Gaming Commission would never give me a license. I have at least two dozen gambling and bookmaking pinches on me.
- Andy Stone: You don't have to have a license to work in a casino. All you gotta do is apply for one. The state law says you can work in a... (continue)(continue reading)
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein
Alan King - Andy Stone

“- Michael: You okay?
- Linda: Did you ever think life would turn out like this?
- Michael: No.”
Robert De Niro - Michael
Meryl Streep - Linda

“Welcome to America.”

Robert De Niro - Senator McLaughlin

“- Gil Renard: We could've been teammates. We were teammates, man. We could've made it to the Bigs.
- Coop: It was Little League. We were 12-years-old.”
Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Charles Hallahan - Coop

“When you walk outside, watch your back.”
Robert De Niro - Turk

- Dr. Ben Sobel: You don't hear the word "no" a lot, do you?
- Paul Vitti: I hear it all the time, only it's more like "no, please, no!".
Billy Crystal - Dr. Ben Sobel
Robert De Niro - Paul Vitti