Kevin Spacey Quotes

The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

The greatest sound in the theater is silence.

I often make the analogy with tennis. Every match the rules are the same, but no game is ever the same. Theatre is like that. Every time is different.

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

It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.

It's Hard to Stay Mad When There's So Much Beauty in the World

Its a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

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

If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.

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

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

Pushing the boundaries of what is expected of you is important to me.

No one should ever feel sorry for me. Ive been treated very well for the most part.

Sometimes its the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

You can't win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.

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

There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.

I have never played a game in my life.

I don't know who Keyser Soze is, but whoever he is, he is going to get gloriously drunk tonight.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

A man can convince anyone hes someone else but never himself.

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

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

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

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

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

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