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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It's the details and the human element that makes 'Recount' entertaining. Even though we know how the election ends, it plays like a thriller. It's also funny.

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I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody el...

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I am so leading the life that I want and wanted and dreamed of as a kid. I'm trying very hard not to abuse it or take advantage of it.

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No one's personal life is in the public interest. It's gossip, bottom line. End of story.

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I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

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And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

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I have never played a game in my life.

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It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

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What I like about Britain is that I can live a normal life here.

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Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

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As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments.

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I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.

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I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts. And you know what? I kind of love it.

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People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

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I think people love it when anybody acts bad; it's not particular to me.

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I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels like when you're standing in front of a forty piece orchestra, and there's nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It's like ...

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While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.

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I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

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I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.

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I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.

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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