421 Quotes by Kevin Spacey

Am I arrogant? I've been arrogant, sure; everybody's been arrogant.

You try to do the best work that you can do to give audiences something that maybe they haven't seen before and keep challenging yourself.

I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.

I'm not going to make general comments about the British press.

I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.

If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any mistake about that.