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22 quotes by Kevin Kline

Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He went on to win two Tony Awards for his work in Broadway musicals, winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 1978 original production of On the Twentieth Century and Best Actor in a Musical for...
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I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.... →

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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... →

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

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I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

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I'm a real pushover for animals.

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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.

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

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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... →

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