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Kevin Kline Quotes - Page 2

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I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

Kevin Kline
Educational, Class, Indictment

I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

Kevin Kline
Thinking, Singers, Very Good

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.

Kevin Kline
Play, Theatre, Technique

I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

Kevin Kline
Character, Play, Singing

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.

Kevin Kline
Piano, Students, Mediocre

I have been in countries where I don't know a word of the language. I tried to practice my French as much as possible. I would talk with the crew. I always order in French, but then waiters respond in English. I hate that.

Kevin Kline
Country, Hate, Order
Source: www.sfgate.com

I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit.

Kevin Kline
Couple, Independent, Dollars
"Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day that you would on a big, luxurious budget on a luxurious schedule, and you try not to sacrifice quality for that. Things are just compressed, but essentially the same.

Kevin Kline
Independent, Sacrifice, Trying
"Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

Kevin Kline
Relaxation, Mind, Technique

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that they'd remain true to themselves.

Kevin Kline
Thinking, People, President

It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.

Kevin Kline
Kids, People, Sometimes

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.

Kevin Kline
Fans, Actors, Talent

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