Kevin Spacey Quotes

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.

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.

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

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.

I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.

The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

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

Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it.

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

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

If you wanna compete, youve got to get into the original content game.

You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe this scene is affecting that scene. I want to attack this scene differently."

I find drinking really helps.

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.

I love producing, I love bringing things together.

Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.

The audience, the place youre in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us believe that he's not real.

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. Ive got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience

Clean, sustainable energy is crucial and cannot wait.

Fortunately for me, I don't come from the school where you only measure success by how much money something makes or whether it has a big box-office weekend. I measure it by how much people actually participate in the process.

I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.

Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again and again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.

What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.

I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.

Sometimes I'll be flipping through the channels and I'll see a movie I'm in. And I'll probably stop and think, 'Sure, I'll watch this.'

My job is to interpret. I'm an interpreter. I can add things and bring unique qualities to the role that the writer may not have thought of, but someone else created the fundamental idea.

When you know you have 1,000 people sitting on the edge of their seats in silence because of a shift that just happened on stage, there is no better feeling.

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.

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

Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow... Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy.

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.

There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?

The 24 Hour Plays is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

We have to start listening to nature now.

My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.

To know what you want, to understand why you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you can`t achieve.

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

I dont even think in terms of ambition.