421 Quotes by Kevin Spacey

The movies are not my first priority – the theater is.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I’ve done. That to me is what my job is.

It’s much more interesting when you go to different places – make a left turn when nobody expects you to make a left turn, and make a right when nobody expects you to do that.

I’m aware that, from the outside, this looks like I’ve got quite an ego.

The story is everything, which means it’s our job to tell better stories.

I’m not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.

Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world – they embraced targeted marketing and ‘brand’ as a virtue higher than ratings.

And I certainly won’t lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

You can’t win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!