Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Klineis an American film and stage actor, comedian, and singer. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 October 1947
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
relaxation mind connections
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.
inspirational hindsight foresight
Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.
piano students mediocre
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.
successful people next
People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.
determined life-is solitary
The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.
looks language look-up
It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.
play theatre technique
Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.
creative actors feels
Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.
character play singing
I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.
real animal pushovers
I'm a real pushover for animals.
done comedy has-beens
Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.
jobs guilt hell
I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.
ambition significance contribution
Ambition without contribution is of no significance.
both left opera soon vowed
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.