Quotes by Kevin Kline

About Kevin Kline:

Kevin Delaney Kline is an American actor. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.
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It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

Kevin Kline

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.

Kevin Kline

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.

Kevin Kline

I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

Kevin Kline

Dogs do have feelings, I gather.

Kevin Kline

We're all animals, but we're a different sort of animal. Maybe they're better than us. They're more loyal. They're more pure. They're more simple. They're not neurotic. Well, there are some neurotic dogs.

Kevin Kline

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

Kevin Kline

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

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I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.

Kevin Kline

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

Kevin Kline

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

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I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

Kevin Kline

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that they'd remain true to themselves.

Kevin Kline

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

Kevin Kline

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

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I'm a real pushover for animals.

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I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

Kevin Kline

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

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I don't like talking about myself. I don't like talking about my personal life.

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Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.

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Author Bio

  • NameKevin Kline
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornOctober 24, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Film Director; Voice Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actor