Kevin Kline Quotes

Nobody sees the same movie. I'm sure there are people who saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and thought "Finally a gay movie about men who really care about each other. Thank God!" That's not what I saw necessarily but I don't think any two people see the same movie.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president ... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that they'd remain true to themselves.

People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

Ambition without contribution is of no significance.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Dogs do have feelings, I gather.

I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.

I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day that you would on a big, luxurious budget on a luxurious schedule, and you try not to sacrifice quality for that. Things are just compressed, but essentially the same.

It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.