Stacy Keach Quotations

I enjoy directing, but I really like acting more. The idea of controlling the whole thing is not something that really appeals to me as much as being able to just control the world of the character that I'm dealing with.

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end.

I love the theater and I particularly love the classical theater and I love doing Shakespeare. It pays the soul, but it doesn't pay the rent.

Where were they when the Russians went down?

Actors make choices for different reasons.

I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have those kind of choices. If the part comes along, they take it.

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

It's like a play, and then we'll do it again. Then, at the end of the evening, there's always the opportunity and the need for pick-ups.