Kevin Spacey

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In fact, I believe I accepted the Oscar as a ketchup bottle many a time in front of my mother in the kitchen. 'I'd like to thank the Academy,' I said with a ketchup bottle.

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

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.

We gotta be willing to let it hurt. You know, all this notion that acting is __eah it__ pretend_ and yes we enjoy it and yeah we can have a good time with it. But if you wanna LAND, you wanna make an impact, you want those FUCKERS TO REMEMBER YOU! Then you have to let it hurt sometimes. You gotta get there because that__ all an audience ever wants. Is for you to open up your chest and show them that you have a fucking heart. That__ all we want. A heart. A human being. Not an affectation.