I say what other people won't.

You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. (As Silent Bob)

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

It's a joyful thing, being a Catholic. I can't even think about sex without thinking about bodily waste.

Batman has an impeccable moral compass, he’s clever and mysterious, and when fucktards get sassy, he punches them in the face.

I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, 'Hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.'

I don't have to write to South West buddy. In an hour South West gonna come looking for me!

Oh, I'm online all the time now. I'm not an outdoorsy type.

I liked hockey, and I still like hockey.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.

I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment.

You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we can't all be Joss Whedon.

I think: 'Wouldn't it be great to work with Bill Murray?' And then I'm like, 'You know what, just appreciate Bill Murray from afar, don't find out that maybe he's not the dude you want to work with.'

People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book.

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.

It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

Brodie Bruce: I LOVE THE SMELL OF COMMERCE IN THE MORNING!

Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

What's my favourite boWhat's my favourite book? It changes all the time.ok? It changes all the time.

I'm attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.

The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre and believe I am that person".

It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

One of the tasks that any artistic director has is, you're trying to bring elements together that will work. The truth is that you could bring all the best talents in the world together and produce a big turkey.

If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

Living in London has become incredible. I suppose it's easy to love where you live if you love what you're doing. But this is not just a visit: it's my home.

People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn't. It was invented by Shakespeare.

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on, so you sharpen the blade and hold it at just the right angle.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.

I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and don't always make the right choices.

Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor.

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an amazing play.'

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

President Obama will go down as having passed some of the most historic bills in the history of this country.

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

Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.

I have to remember if I'm at some charitable event where kids are... I try to remember don't swear in front of the kids!

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time in Washington. It's a great theater town.

Meeting the person you are going to be playing is very unique.

The process of doing a play is an organic one, and the process of doing a film is totally inorganic.

There's no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. It's all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

Whether it's 'Veep' or 'Homeland' or 'The West Wing' - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with their various relationships.

What hasn't surprised me is that audiences, as we found starting with box sets, want control, to decide how they watch it. Appointment viewing is slowly being put slightly behind.

It's extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

I don't watch rugby.

I think it is just a function of the fact that I moved around so much as a child that I learnt early on to make every place my home.

It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.