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Kevin Spacey says that people need to respect each other’s differences. He observes that attention spans are shrinking, especially online. He also notes that people often enjoy watching someone act badly. He argues that opening a movie online at the same time as theaters doesn’t stop people from going out. He also mentions his support for The Prince’s Trust and helping young people build confidence.

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Sometimes its the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

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When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

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People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box

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For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

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Sometimes it's the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

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Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it.

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There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

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I think people love it when anybody acts bad; it's not particular to me.

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You can almost hear people saying, 'We're going to make a movie about an election' and 'We're going to make a movie…

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I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and dont always make the right…

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People say, 'If you open a movie online at the same time as in movie theatres, no one is going to go…

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Maybe there are people who are gamers who haven't seen movies I have made, or the movies I have made have made…

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Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

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People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

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We've learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn: give people what they want, when they want it, in the form…

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Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they'll…

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Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are…

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Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it…

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I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people's shoes, when you have to put on…

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People sometimes say, "Isn't it boring, isn't it always the same? It's the same lines." I go, "Well, do you play tennis?…

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You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be…

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I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people,…

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I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you…

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Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful…

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If I'm sick of me, I can only imagine how other people feel.

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People sometimes have to be reminded, I'm not Frank Underwood. I'm an actor named Kevin Spacey.

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I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.

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People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain…

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I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me.

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I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts. And you know what? I kind of love it.

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Fortunately for me, I don't come from the school where you only measure success by how much money something makes or whether…

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There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor…

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I have long been a supporter of The Prince's Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch 'Amex Be Inspired'…

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Why is 'Game of Thrones' the most pirated show in the history of TV? Because people can't get it fast enough, that's…

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I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about…

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I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. Ive got a lot of material. But a book about…

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If it were not for people who stepped forward and gave me opportunities at a time when I had not proved myself…

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Whether that's positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

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I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living…

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I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind…

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If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone…

I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.

The audience has spoken, they want stories. They're dying for them. They're rooting for us to give them the right thing and they will…

I've taken the experiences that I've had in the theatre and applied them to film and television and now games.

I believe this: If an actor wants a role or wants to work with somebody, then you do everything within reason to try to…

Fundamentally, I like to accomplish things.

The more shows that are produced, the more writers are hired, producers are hired, actors are hired, directors are hired, it means the more…

The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.

At the end of the day, people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I…

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

If you wanna compete, you've got to get into the original content game.