Kevin Spacey Quotes
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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.
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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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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 dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.
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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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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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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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The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.
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I find drinking really helps.
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Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.
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I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.
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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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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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I dont even think in terms of ambition.
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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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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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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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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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Clean, sustainable energy is crucial and cannot wait.
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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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You learn every single day when youre running a company. You learn as you go.
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You must find a way to express your ideas and compel your audience to react through the idea itself, and then figuring out what the best representative of that idea may be, and bringing it to life.