Quotes by Kevin Spacey

About Kevin Spacey:

Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, and comedian. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects (1995), followed by an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty (1999).
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If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!

Kevin Spacey

I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people, if they are feeling like they are confused, need to know that there are people to talk to and that there are places they c...

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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.

Kevin Spacey

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an amazing play.'

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One of the tasks that any artistic director has is, you're trying to bring elements together that will work. The truth is that you could bring all the best talents in the world together and produce a big turkey.

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As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

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Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.

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What I've certainly learned is that whenever I've said anything about real politics, I've come under attack. So it's best simply to play politics on television.

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Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

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I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

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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.

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I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason.

Kevin Spacey

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

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Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they'll more likely pay for it rather than steal it. Well, some will still steal it, but I think we can take a bite out of piracy.

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If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

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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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It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the ...

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I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.

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The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.

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We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

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Author Bio

  • NameKevin Spacey
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director, screenwriter, producer
  • BornJuly 26, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Theatre Director; Film Director; Actor; Television Actor; Film Producer; Screenwriter; Voice Actor
  • AwardsLaurence Olivier Award; Academy Award For Best Actor; Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire