59 Quotes by Harvey Keitel

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you.

I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film.

I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all.

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.

He brought imagination to the story of the Creation.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.