"The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you." ― Robert De Niro Topic(s): Famous More From Robert De Niro "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." "Movies are hard work. The public doesn’t see that. The critics don’t see it. But they’re a lot of work. A lot of work." "I’ll work with a director if I think I’m going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it’s someone I respect and who respects me, even if they’re not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best." More In Famous "They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage."― Vanessa Paradis "A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions."― Martin H. Fischer "I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that."― David Friedman