I enjoy directing, but I really like acting more. The idea of controlling the whole thing is not something that really appeals to me as much as being…

- Stacy Keach

Actors make choices for different reasons.

- Stacy Keach

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on scre…

- Stacy Keach

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

- Stacy Keach

I love the theater and I particularly love the classical theater and I love doing Shakespeare. It pays the soul, but it doesn't pay the rent.

- Stacy Keach

I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

- Stacy Keach

Where were they when the Russians went down?

- Stacy Keach

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experie…

- Stacy Keach

Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.

- Stacy Keach