219 Quotes by Keanu Reeves

I think the form, the Hollywood movie, I think the quality is obviously always going to be there and I think that the question of taste, there’s always a question of taste.

The acting experience and the collaborating and creating the world, working on the piece, they’re the same joys.

I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like ‘Man of Tai Chi’ just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I’m looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.

I’ve been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

Abstract expression is so solid, so successful and recognizable, but there’s a mystery about the artists that goes into it, a fetishism about the artists themselves and who they were.

Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it – the grain, how it feels, the texture.

Eventually, it came to this place like, ‘I’d like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.’ ‘Man of Tai Chi’ became the story to tell.

I was always interested – I mean, it’s kind of part of your job – I was always interested in the camera.

Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.