Kevin Spacey Quotes
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I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
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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 24 Hour Plays is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.
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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.
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I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.
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The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
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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.
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Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.
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I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.
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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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I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.
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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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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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Nature's message is clear: we can't keep doing what we're doing now.
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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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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
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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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The audience has spoken. They want stories. They’re dying for them. They’re rooting for us to give the right thing. And they will talk about it, binge on it, carry it with them on the bus and to the hairdresser, force it on their friends, tweet, blog, Facebook, make fan pages, silly GIFs, and god knows what else about it..
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When you know you have 1,000 people sitting on the edge of their seats in silence because of a shift that just happened on stage, there is no better feeling.
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After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
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Im attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.
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If youre not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.
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Look, 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.
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What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.