Quotes by Stacy Keach

About Stacy Keach:

Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. is an American actor and narrator. He is mostly known for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration work for The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius XM satellite radio, and in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some comedy (particularly his role in the Fox sitcom Titus as Ken, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, womanizing father of comedian Christopher Titus and for Sergeant Stedenko in Up in Smoke) and musical roles. He is also known for portraying fictional detective Mike Hammer in a 1984 TV series, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, for one season (due to a cocaine arrest in England) and then a recurring series of television films starting in 1986.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course.

Stacy Keach

I think so. I can't think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.

Stacy Keach

It was Christopher's brilliant concept that he did not want this to become like every other sitcom where you do one take, and the audience gets bored with seeing it ten times, you know, over and over again.

Stacy Keach

This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it.

Stacy Keach

Where were they when the Russians went down?

Stacy Keach

I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

Stacy Keach

I've got to put my kids through school. And I like the security of working every day, which is what television is about.

Stacy Keach

My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.

Stacy Keach

Actors make choices for different reasons.

Stacy Keach

The fundamental virtue of success is that it allows you to know the true significance of what it means to have the freedom to make your dreams come true.

Stacy Keach

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Stacy Keach

I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened.

Stacy Keach

As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thro...

Stacy Keach

There's a picture of Christopher and the real Ken Titus and myself in my dressing room. He's a great guy, by the way. I just think the real Ken is just super. And he's so happy for his son's success.

Stacy Keach

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

Stacy Keach

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.

Stacy Keach

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

Stacy Keach

Author Bio

  • NameStacy Keach
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornJune 2, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor