Latest Keanu Reeves Quotes from Interviews

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• John Wick does different techniques. Everything is available to him. There isn't one way of working a weapon. I like the reload with the flick going outside. That movement of getting rid of the magazine is to go sideways with it.

  Keanu Reeves

  Different, Movement, Magazines

  Source: lrmonline.com

• I did do some things different [in John Wick 2], but it's different on basically the same things. Because I have the background from the first film, it was really the first time I was doing judo and jiu-jitsu.

  Keanu Reeves

  Firsts, Jiu Jitsu, Different

  Source: lrmonline.com

• For the gun work, I had more of the basic training from the previous [movie John Wick] and the weapon work I have done in the past. In the second movie [John Wick 2], it really went on into another level. I've done the three gun training, where you worked with the pistol, rifle and shotgun. So that all is in the film.

  Keanu Reeves

  Gun, Past, Training

  Source: lrmonline.com

• When I think about him, I think about him as John and John Wick. I think of John Wick being the assassin part of John. I would say that guy has strong will; never gives up; he's kind; and there's honor about him. He's also a man of strength. There are even some vulnerabilities to him. Most importantly, he's good at his job.

  Keanu Reeves

  Strong, Jobs, Giving Up

  Source: lrmonline.com

• I loved the role [of John Wick]. I loved the action. I loved all the new characters. The world expands into the Underworld. It's getting bigger. Yeah, it was a really great experience [in John Wick 2].

  Keanu Reeves

  Character, Roles, World

  Source: lrmonline.com

• There's a film there in competition [of Sundance Film Festival] called To The Bone. It's directed by Marti Noxon. I have a supporting role in it. It got really well received. It's a really great film.

  Keanu Reeves

  Competition, Roles, Festivals

  Source: lrmonline.com

• I don't know any real jiu-jitsu or judo or anything. I do movie kung fu. With that, you can fake a punch, but you can't really fake a judo throw. You can get help from the person who you're throwing because they can kind of launch themselves.

  Keanu Reeves

  Real, Fake, Jiu Jitsu

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• It carried quite a wallop. I have all the classic symptoms. Reflection. Where am I now? Where have I come from? What's important? Dealing with the moment of a different kind of feeling for mortality. Shifting of the body. Contextualizing or reevaluating behaviors and values. All those kinds of things.

  Keanu Reeves

  Reflection, Feelings, Important

  Source: www.today.com

• I hope I get the bliss. And I know I'm going to have to work for it. But I've got to say, really, I have no kind of, can I say "secular religiosity"? ... I don't have a denominational sight.

  Keanu Reeves

  Sight, Kind, Bliss

  Source: www.today.com

• Sometimes, with the scale of a film, it's like when I walked on the sets of "The Matrix," especially in "Reloaded," there was the city square, or in "Revolutions" with some of the machine world, you're like, "Wow, this is a big playground," which is fun to watch. But the acting experience and the collaborating and creating the world, working on the piece, they're the same joys.

  Keanu Reeves

  Fun, Squares, Cities

  Source: www.today.com

• I really took it in-house. The Constantine character has a kind of flesh-and-blood practical look at things that would seem, other people would use the word, occult or spiritual. But here, demons are real. So for me it was more taking it from the film itself. I didn't really need to go outside the piece itself to inform me because the perspective on it, what the character does, was provided by the script.

  Keanu Reeves

  Spiritual, Real, Character

  Source: www.today.com

• 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.

  Keanu Reeves

  Successful, Artist, Expression

  "Robert Longo". Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.

• Our dreams can teach us, instruct us, confuse us... sometimes I think they look to be considered. And in terms of like, they are an opportunity and I think they most certainly could be utilized to focus, to try and achieve - whether it's looking for someone, or influencing us, or inspiring us.

  Keanu Reeves

  Dream, Opportunity, Thinking

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 13, 2014.

• The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That's really what inspires me.

  Keanu Reeves

  Inspiration, Character, Inspire

• There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to be. The opportunities to tell stories, because of the opportunities to show content. And so it's drawing actors from cinema, movie actors, actors to where there's a lot of opportunities to where you can tell stories.

  Keanu Reeves

  Writing, Character, Opportunity

• When I work on a film, you know, I try to get or inhabit the body of the character -from the vision of the directors or how i think the character should be - so if it's a film like SPEED, you hit the gym, you get to do some, train with SWAT People, hehe, but in general, I'm really focused and dedicated, and then in regular life, I don't go to the gym as often.

  Keanu Reeves

  Character, Thinking, People

• If we're talking about the science fiction or action genres, I've always tried when I could to do them in a way that's not just cookie-cutter - that they bring something fresh or original to it, have some kind of ideas to it. I've been fortunate, in some sense, to do those kinds of movies that are unique.

  Keanu Reeves

  Unique, Talking, Ideas

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• Life and art had a nice parallel, in the sense of coming together as strangers who are separate in prison who need to work together, getting to know each other.

  Keanu Reeves

  Art, Nice, Together

• We are the sum of who we are. We pick certain things at certain moments that influenced us.

  Keanu Reeves

  Who We Are, Moments, Certain

  "Q&A: Keanu Reeves on Making His First Movie, Man of Tai Chi". Interview with Calum Marsh, www.esquire.com. September 13, 2012.

• One interview would lead us to another interview, which led us to another interview. We had the questions and the idea of chonicling this moment in time. But we didn't have a movie, per se. As we started interviewing people, it started to kind of define itself.

  Keanu Reeves

  Ideas, People, Interviews

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

• The anti-hero or hero usually has a journey or quest so they are interesting as you find out what's going to happen, what they are looking for. What are they trying to do? Sometimes what they do is heroic or comes with a price or sacrifice or maybe the way they do things isn't so great and that's when they become anti-heroes. But the journey of an anti-hero combined with a good story done well is always worthwhile.

  Keanu Reeves

  Hero, Sacrifice, Journey

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria.

  Keanu Reeves

  Important, Directors, Roles

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.

  Keanu Reeves

  Acting, Getting What You Want, Dominance

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Violence is sometimes a very practical solution but I don't think it is the ultimate solution. Owning a gun is not OK for me. But I could argue both sides. Why shouldn't people own them? I'm not fundamentally against citizens having access to a weapon but I think it has complications. It's probably not the wisest idea. Obviously, it has consequences. Personally, I do not own a weapon.

  Keanu Reeves

  Thinking, Gun, Ideas

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Environmental issues are on everyone's mind. It's part of our culture now and I can only applaud and laud anyone who is doing what they can and raising awareness.

  Keanu Reeves

  Issues, Mind, Environmental

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk