Kevin Kline Quotes

I Like Variety, Which Is Frustrating. But I've Always Been Picky. I Was Afraid Pirates Would Be Too Much Like Twentieth Century, Broad Comedy. But My Agent Talked Me Into It. I Was Spoiled By The Range Of A Repertory Theater.

It Was All Completely Incomprehensible To Me. I Was Fearful Of The Language. You Had To Look Up Every Third Word.

Playing Shakespeare Requires Technique. You Don't Play A Bach Toccata By Getting In The Mood.

I Just Don't Think I'm A Very Good Singer.

I Never Went To Class. That The University Graduated Me At All Is An Indictment Of Our Educational System.

When You Have Satire, It Has To Be Real. No Matter How Outrageous The Comedy Becomes, You Have To Believe In The Characters.

You Know, Actors Are Fans, Too. And Talent Is Very Attractive To Me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I've Done A Couple Of Movies For Scale, And It's The Only Way To Get A Lot Of These Independent Movies Made. The Actors Negotiate Deals Where They're Given Just Enough Money To Live On During The Filming, But Then They Participate In The Back-end. If The Movie Suddenly Makes A Gazillion Dollars, We'll Participate In That Profit.