Kevin Kline Quotes

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• I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.

  Kevin Kline

  Stars, Stupid, Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

  Kevin Kline

  Stars, Stupid, Thinking

  "Profile: Kevin Kline" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2004.

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• The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

  Kevin Kline

  Determined, Life Is, Solitary

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• Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

  Kevin Kline

  Inspirational, Hindsight, Foresight

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• People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

  Kevin Kline

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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• I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

  Kevin Kline

  Jobs, Guilt, Hell

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

  Kevin Kline

  Creative, Actors, Feels

  "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Press conference, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Ambition without contribution is of no significance.

  Kevin Kline

  Ambition, Significance, Contribution

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• We're all animals, but we're a different sort of animal. Maybe they're better than us. They're more loyal. They're more pure. They're more simple. They're not neurotic. Well, there are some neurotic dogs.

  Kevin Kline

  Dog, Animal, Simple

  "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Press conference, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

  Kevin Kline

  Done, Comedy, Extravagant

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• Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

  Kevin Kline

  Mean, Sweating

  "How Kevin Kline Helped Israel Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ Film Debut". Interview with Joe Leydon, blogs.indiewire.com. September 18, 2014.

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• Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.

  Kevin Kline

  Kissing, Men

  "Kevin Kline Brings Cole Porter to Life in 'De-Lovely'". Interview with Rebecca Murray, www.thoughtco.com. July 6, 2017.

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• But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

  Kevin Kline

  Dog, Thinking, Levels

  "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far has been kind of flukey. I went into Twentieth Century because I wanted to work for Hal Prince. The part was too small according to my agent. I had been doing only leading parts, and he thought I should continue that. But the part was enlarged in rehearsal: songs were added, and it became more physicalized and showy. Then I won awards and got attention.

  Kevin Kline

  Song, Attention, Pessimistic

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm a real pushover for animals.

  Kevin Kline

  Real, Animal, Pushovers

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• Nobody sees the same movie. I'm sure there are people who saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and thought "Finally a gay movie about men who really care about each other. Thank God!" That's not what I saw necessarily but I don't think any two people see the same movie.

  Kevin Kline

  Kids, Gay, Men

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• I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

  Kevin Kline

  Trying, Done, Satisfied

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.

  Kevin Kline

  Fun, Character, People

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• But you have to trust your instincts. Because you're not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You'll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you've got five other scenes you're shooting that day. You've got to keep going.

  Kevin Kline

  Two, Trying, Different

  "How Kevin Kline Helped Israel Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ Film Debut". Interview with Joe Leydon, blogs.indiewire.com. September 18, 2014.

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• I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.

  Kevin Kline

  Song, Writing, Men

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• Dogs do have feelings. I gather.

  Kevin Kline

  Dog, Feelings

  "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

  Kevin Kline

  Piano, Rooms, Drag

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• I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.

  Kevin Kline

  Piano, Students, Mediocre

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• I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

  Kevin Kline

  Character, Play, Singing

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• 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.

  Kevin Kline

  Relaxation, Mind, Technique

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