Explore Quotes by Kevin Spacey

If we don't reach out to make theatre affordable to the young generation, we will lose them all.

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.

People say, 'If you open a movie online at the same time as in movie theatres, no one is going to go to the movies.' That's just not true. People love to go out and have a shared experience; they always will.

Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling.

Maybe there are people who are gamers who haven't seen movies I have made, or the movies I have made have made no impression on them at all.

I accept the fact that some things don't go the way you hope.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.

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

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.

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

I've never done a movie that's shot more than 40 days because I just don't do those kinds of films.

Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.

I'm attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.

My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In fact, I believe I accepted the Oscar as a ketchup bottle many a time in front of my mother in the kitchen. 'I'd like to thank the Academy,' I said with a ketchup bottle.

Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.

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

Film is very condensed.

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesn't that show an incredible attention span?

If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.