Kevin Spacey Quotes

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

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.

You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between.

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.

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

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

If I'm sick of me, I can only imagine how other people feel.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

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

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.

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

We have learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn. 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.

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

Secret Cinema has created a new way of experiencing film. The fusion of film and theatre allows for a much more powerful experience and adds an incredibly unique dimension for the audience. It certainly did for me. I was blown away

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.

When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.

If you're lucky enough to have done well, then it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories.

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.

It's much more interesting when you go to different places - make a left turn when nobody expects you to make a left turn, and make a right when nobody expects you to do that.

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.

I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.

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