American - Actor | July 26, 1959 -
I guess I've been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.
Kevin Spacey
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Essentially, your voice is an instrument; it's a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.
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If you go out eight times and play tennis eight times this week, yeah, it's the same rules, but it's a different game every time you're out on that court. You're working on a different part of your game every time you're out on that court; your partner's working on a different part of their game, and the act of being watched changes it.
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Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.
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People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn't. It was invented by Shakespeare.
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When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
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The relationship with the cast has everything to do with how a performance develops, and in a sense that while you're discovering a play in the course of rehearsal with the director, you're also discovering it with your fellow actors. We're all in it together.
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The audience, the place you're in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.
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I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
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I'm attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.
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It's interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.
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Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.
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