Kevin Spacey Quotes - Page 7

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

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

I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.

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

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

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

As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

I guess Ive been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

I have always believed that the risk takers are eventually rewarded.

I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.

I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.

I dont even think in terms of ambition.

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think its a wonderful thing.

Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.

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

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.

I just want it to be better, I just want to be better, but this is very encouraging.

The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.

If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre? If you watch a TV show on your iPad, is it no longer a TV show? The device and the length are irrelevant; the labels are useless, except perhaps to agents and managers and lawyers, who use these labels to conduct business deals.

What I like about Britain is that I can live a normal life here.

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

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

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

Its interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.