Robert De Niro Cries While Talking About Latest Movie, 'Silver Linings Playbook': Is it Sweet or Sappy When Men Cry?

Yuk! Pull yersef together! Tuffen da phuque up! Wota embarrassment! Grow a pair! Sissy!

It all depends on what you're crying about

Get rid of that stupid stereotype that men should never show their emotions. Boys are raised like this and is damages the communication they will have later with women.

I always think of Jerry Falwell when the subject of men crying comes up. Ironically, he has published a book entitled: "When It Hurts Too Much Too Cry"

It really depends on why he's crying.

Robert De Niro is a very manly strong yet a very sweet and simple man who raised a lot of people .

Times that its okay:
When your mum dies, or someone equally important
When you die on Call of Duty while one kill away from a new kill streak
Whenever Jonny Cash is playing

Times that its not okay:
Wedding
Sad Film
Any injury no matter how severe.

I don't know why some people think that men shouldn't have emotions. We're all human.

How about niether? It's a human reaction. It's normal. Get over it and move on Sodahead.

real tears in real life situations, are justified

Granted that the man isn't emotional often!

Depends on the man and we need more choices than just these 2 options.
Creepy or disgusting would describe some criers such as a certain well-bronzed congressman.

Especially when I am the one crying....and I do it way too often.

Hugh Jackman is still recovering from a traumatic childhood. Jackman’s mother walked out on the family when he was only eight. He broke down in tears talking about the loss during the taping of an interview for “60 Minutes,”

In what can only be described as a tender and unscripted moment, Harry Styles of “One Direction” opened up during “A Year in the Making” video about what it’s like to be hated and to read negative press reports about him and his band mates

Others include Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Lawrence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman.
Quite an extensive list. Although subjects of topic could be quite emotional, being actors and men in the public eye, they should ACT and deal with the emotion in a different way.
Crying, to me is a sign of weakness of character in a man. Tears on the otherhand can be caused by many things, but emotions should not be one of them. How can you be a good actor if you cannot control emotion?
Sorry guys, it's just sappy

You're actually saying they should use their acting skills to hide how they really feel?!? REALY?? Please tell me you didn't just say that. Crying is weakness of character?? Good god you are so full of crap.

Well, I say sweet, but it is actually neither... I feel it is allowable for a man to show emotions... When my wife passed from cancer, I cried, when my little dog of 8.5 years passed of cancer, I cried... When I smashed my hand and broke fingers, I cussed, but no tears... It depends on the situation... I can't agree that real men don't cry... When in Vietnam, I saw men cry... I don't feel it is a shame at all... It's ok to show your emotions within reason...

We all have that soft spot, and I have one too.

Unfortunately, more and more men are becoming effeminate.

Like you perhaps?

Showing emotion has nothing to do with showing feminine traits. Men 50 times tougher and manlier than you have shed tears.

Allowing emotion to overpower you where you can't control yourself is clearly a traditional feminine attribute, thus logically the opposite of manliness.

The fact that you use the word traditional to describe female or male attributes speaks to your stupidity.

So acknowledging cultural universals makes me unintelligent? Nonsense, you are the one too foolish to realize that there are innate differences between man and woman.

I'm fully aware that men and women are different. And switching from words like traditional to universal seems a bit back pedal...ish to me.

Study Sociology and the relationship between tradition and cultural universals will be obvious.

Why do you even bother posting? You seem to just go from poll to poll randomly insulting people who disagree with you.

Yes, if you couldn't tell that the guy who has a cross before his name is a Christian, you are truly a moron.

A cross means nothing. Anyone can stick a cross in front of their screen name. And I will post and respond to whomever I wish.

"A cross means nothing."
-What other possible reason would I have it prominently in front of my name for?

Within the context of 2013, a cross of that form has no other meaning other than to represent Christianity.

"And I will post and respond to whomever I wish."
-Yes, that is your right. I was just curious what you gain from randomly insulting other people solely because they have different opinions than you. It seems unusually childish and shallow for a 46 year old man.

Deflecting back to me and ignoring the fact you are using your own personal beliefs in order to substantiate a claim regarding gender difference.

"Deflecting back to me and ignoring"
-A great irony as that is exactly what you are doing. Ignoring my questions and parroting your previous comment.

"the fact you are using your own personal beliefs in order to substantiate a claim regarding gender difference."
-Actually, I was responding to a different user's question to me. I don't have any idea why you are posting on my response.

Edelriclover asked what problems there are with a man being effeminate in our society. I live in the United States which has a 79% Christian population, so I gave an accurate sociological answer: It violates the vast majority's religious beliefs.

I then continued, by noting the massive differences between South Asian countries compared to the United States, and concluded, by noting that his examples were of 2nd world countries which are not currently doing very well.

Upon seeing your rude comment, "Oh good grief! Finally the truth is revealed. We pull out the religion card and show our true mind set.", where you seemed surprised that I am a Christian. I pointed out that I have a cross in front of my name, and this has no other meaning in contemporary modern culture (at least in the United States, to which your profile claims you reside).

Any other questions?

One of my favorite actors. Don't even tell me if he a lib. I'll be crying

It's a sign of weakness in a man.
I don't like seeing men cry , what type of women want a man who bursts into tears every time he has to tackle his emotions .

Men don't cry...

until they are alone and no one can see it.

Kinda in between. He was crying about his son's disorder, so it's understandable.
Now if he'd been crying about not being invited to Kim and Kanye's wedding, then it'd be ridonkulous