Kevin Spacey Quotes

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Kevin Spacey

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 26, 1959

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

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I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

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

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You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

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Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor.

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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!

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What's my favourite book? It changes all the time.

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My admiration for 'Mary Tyler Moore' is very, very big because they went out on top.

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Sometimes it's the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

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There does seem to be in the U.S. now an ideology and an entrenchment that has stopped people doing what they are hired to do, which is govern rather than run for office the whole time.

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

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If we don't reach out to make theatre affordable to the young generation, we will lose them all.

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Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.

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My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.

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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 believe this: If an actor wants a role or wants to work with somebody, then you do everything within reason to try to get that role. If they want you to audition, you audition. If they want you to screen-test, you screen-test. If they want you to come and tap-dance in their hallway, you tap-dance in their hallway.

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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 strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it.

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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 arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

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