Kevin Spacey Quotes
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Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.
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The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.
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I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.
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It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts.
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I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.
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Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.
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I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
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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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The work of John Lennon was marked by its exquisite beauty and by its brutal honesty.
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People sometimes say, "Isn't it boring, isn't it always the same? It's the same lines." I go, "Well, do you play tennis? Because that's the best analogy I can give." If you go out eight times and play tennis eight times this week, yeah it's the same rules but it's a different game every time you're out on that court.And that's the best analogy I can come up with the theater.
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Im always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then Im completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know Its just really remarkable.
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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.
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You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be to bring those thousands of people - viewers - together and make them one. When you feel that happening, it's usually in silence, not applause or laughter.
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I dont even think in terms of ambition.
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Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.
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I find drinking really helps.
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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.
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Clean, sustainable energy is crucial and cannot wait.
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I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us believe that he's not real.
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Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.
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I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.
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Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it.
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A man can convince anyone hes someone else but never himself.