Kevin Spacey Quotes
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I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.
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The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.
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Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies.
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There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.
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It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
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I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.
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I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.
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Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.
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Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.
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Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.
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Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.
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The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.
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As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.
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My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
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We have learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn. Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price - and they'll more likely pay for it rather than steal it.
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If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?
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Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.
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Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie.
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There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.
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My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell.
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Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
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People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.