Kevin Kline Quotes - Page 2

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• It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

  Kevin Kline

  Looks, Language, Look Up

  The Washington University Record, January 25, 1996.

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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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• 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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• Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day that you would on a big, luxurious budget on a luxurious schedule, and you try not to sacrifice quality for that. Things are just compressed, but essentially the same.

  Kevin Kline

  Independent, Sacrifice, Trying

  "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 just don't think I'm a very good singer.

  Kevin Kline

  Thinking, Singers, Very Good

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• Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that they'd remain true to themselves.

  Kevin Kline

  Thinking, People, President

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• It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.

  Kevin Kline

  Kids, People, Sometimes

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• When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

  Kevin Kline

  Real, Believe, Character

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• I like variety, which is frustrating. But I've always been picky. I was afraid Pirates would be too much like Twentieth Century, broad comedy. But my agent talked me into it. I was spoiled by the range of a repertory theater.

  Kevin Kline

  Pirate, Comedy, Spoiled

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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• I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit.

  Kevin Kline

  Couple, Independent, Dollars

  "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 have been in countries where I don't know a word of the language. I tried to practice my French as much as possible. I would talk with the crew. I always order in French, but then waiters respond in English. I hate that.

  Kevin Kline

  Country, Hate, Order

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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