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Games are advancing in terms of storytelling and trying to create a character, and its a brand new audience for me.
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I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.
Kevin Spacey
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I am not an image. I am a human being.
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I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.
Kevin Spacey -
I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.
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As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
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Fundamentally, I like to accomplish things.
Kevin Spacey -
Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.
Kevin Spacey
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I have done films where we all thought the director didn't know what he was doing and it is going to be a gobble gobble turkey. And you go and watch it and it is great.
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Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.
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Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.
Kevin Spacey -
Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it doesn't just mean that you can only do movies that are only about the good parts of us. You have to be able to eliminate the bad parts.
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I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.
Kevin Spacey -
I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.
Kevin Spacey
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The control is shifting because of the democratisation of the internet. My industry is very good at building walls to stop people getting in.
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Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.
Kevin Spacey -
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.
Kevin Spacey -
Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it.
Kevin Spacey -
You risk working with this director, you risk making this movie, you risk working with another actor you don't know. It makes your heart beat faster. And it keeps you interested.
Kevin Spacey -
I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.
Kevin Spacey
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For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be.
Kevin Spacey -
The work of John Lennon was marked by its exquisite beauty and by its brutal honesty.
Kevin Spacey -
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
Kevin Spacey -
It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts.
Kevin Spacey