Harvey Keitel

I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the…

— Harvey Keitel

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led…

— Harvey Keitel

What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature,…

— Harvey Keitel

Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and…

— Harvey Keitel

Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort…

— Harvey Keitel

The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of…

— Harvey Keitel

I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them…

— Harvey Keitel

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.

— Harvey Keitel

My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small…

— Harvey Keitel

Well, it's such an intricate, beautiful script about eight professional robbers pulling a heist, and it deals with elements of betrayal, trust,…

— Harvey Keitel

So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in…

— Harvey Keitel

Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to…

— Harvey Keitel

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you…

— Harvey Keitel

He brought imagination to the story of the Creation.

— Harvey Keitel

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here.…

— Harvey Keitel

Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see…

— Harvey Keitel

I believe every day when I wake up and go to bed and during my dreaming time there's some moment of truth…

— Harvey Keitel

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you…

— Harvey Keitel

I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film.

— Harvey Keitel

I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything…

— Harvey Keitel

It's always a pleasure to see John. I'm fond of telling people that when I was a young actor in NY and…

— Harvey Keitel

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.

— Harvey Keitel

It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a…

— Harvey Keitel

Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done,…

— Harvey Keitel

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation

— Harvey Keitel