Facts about Kevin Spacey

Occup.Actor
FromUSA
BornJuly 26, 1959
Age64 years

Summary

Kevin Spacey is a famous Actor from USA, he is 64 years old and still alive, born July 26, 1959.

Zodiac:
He is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Kevin, under the main topic Success.

Related authors: Brandon Routh (Actor), Ted Demme (Director), Anthony Rapp (Actor), Wes Bentley (Actor), Jason Behr (Actor), Matt Robinson (Actor), Mena Suvari (Actress), Haley Joel Osment (Actor), Clea Duvall (Actress)

Filmography:

29 Famous quotes by Kevin Spacey

Small: Ive been on sets where things werent relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason
"I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason"
Small: I feel its a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator bac
"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"
Small: Over the years, Ive been trying to build a relationship with an audience. Ive tried to maintain as much
"Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected"
Small: And I certainly wont lay out areas of my life that I think are just private
"And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private"
Small: Im not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that Im living any
"I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business"
Small: For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be
"For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be"
Small: Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to k
"Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?"
Small: Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane
"Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane"
Small: My life will change, because I want it to change and also because this is something Im committed to doi
"My life will change, because I want it to change; and also because this is something I'm committed to doing and that I believe my life has been leading towards"
Small: Its a great thriller or mystery, but on another level its a film about the fact that, if you only look
"It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face"
Small: If you havent turned rebel by twenty youve got no heart if you havent turned establishment by thirty yo
"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!"
Small: Ive been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative
"I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected"
Small: Im supposed to convince you, for two hours, that Im somebody else. Now if you know everything about my
"I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?"
Small: Im not someone whos led my life trying to get publicity Id rather do my work and go home
"I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home"
Small: Im lucky if I find one movie a year thats worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20
"I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot"
Small: I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had
"I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had no focus, had no real interest in anything, and so I started to do things that were just rebellious and stupid"
Small: I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me t
"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"
Small: Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the h
"Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higer the fences get"
Small: The next day I was in my schools production of All My Sons. This was the performance where I realized s
"The next day I was in my school's production of All My Sons. This was the performance where I realized something was happening between me and the audience that I hadn't recognized before"
Small: Im aware that, from the outside, this looks like Ive got quite an ego
"I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego"
Small: I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate the fun and
"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"
Small: I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of.
"I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of. Here was a movie in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, who always win in every movie they ever do, simply don't win. I felt that was outrageous for a commercial movie"
Small: I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time wh
"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"
Small: Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be
"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller"
Small: But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with
"But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in"
Small: As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with mo
"As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments"
Small: Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios
"Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios"
Small: Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, bu
"Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies"
Small: Its so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we want to see. And, when were wron
"It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we want to see. And, when we're wrong, and often we're dead wrong, we miss the truth"