Kevin Spacey Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.
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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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But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in.
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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 went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had no focus, had no real interest in anything, and so I started to do things that were just rebellious and stupid.
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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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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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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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Nature's message is clear: we can't keep doing what we're doing now.
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My job is to interpret. I'm an interpreter. I can add things and bring unique qualities to the role that the writer may not have thought of, but someone else created the fundamental idea.
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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 remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.
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When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.
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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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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
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If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
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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'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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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.