Kevin Spacey Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.
What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on, so you sharpen the blade and hold it at just the right angle.
If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!
Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.
Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.
It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.
I think it is just a function of the fact that I moved around so much as a child that I learnt early on to make every place my home.
When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
Whether it's 'Veep' or 'Homeland' or 'The West Wing' - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.
Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?
I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.
Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where you're both championing a character and you're revolted by them.
People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.
No matter how good you might be in a movie, you'll never be any better. But in a play, I can be better next Tuesday. That's the thrill of it.
Why is 'Game of Thrones' the most pirated show in the history of TV? Because people can't get it fast enough, that's why.
The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors' theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
President Obama will go down as having passed some of the most historic bills in the history of this country.
I might have lived in England for the last several years, but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.
People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain guy.
The only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother was ill.
Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.
The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves.
I've taken the experiences that I've had in the theatre and applied them to film and television and now games.
I don't want to show deleted scenes. I don't like an audience looking at what the movie might have been - if it's in the movie, it's in the movie.
Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor.
I felt that I shouldn't be an actor who just makes movie after movie in a quest for prestige and money.
I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.
Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.
Essentially, your voice is an instrument; it's a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.
I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.
People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.
For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.
Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.
Games are advancing in terms of storytelling and trying to create a character, and it's a brand new audience for me.
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.
I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn't. It was invented by Shakespeare.
I'm attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.