Kevin Kline Quotes

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

Innocent, Level, Dogs

Dogs do have feelings, I gather.
Kevin Kline

Feelings, Dogs, Gather

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

Play, Singing, Sing

I don't like talking about myself. I don't like talking about my personal life.
Kevin Kline

Life, Personal, Talking

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

Playing, Since, Students

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

I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.
Kevin Kline

System, Class, University

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

Movies, Stupid, Wanted

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

Famous, Away, Room

I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.
Kevin Kline

Acting, Both, Left

I'm a real pushover for animals.
Kevin Kline

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

Job, Hell, Guilt

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

Done, Trying, Felt

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

Work, Sometimes, Film

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

Word, Language, Third

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

True, Themselves, President

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

Done, Rather, Comedies

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

Nothing, Creative, Makes

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

Love, Fun, Making

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

Simple, Different, Maybe

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, Matter, Comedy

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.
Kevin Kline

Talent, Attractive, Fans

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 24, 1947

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