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Harvey Keitel Biography

Harvey Keitel (/kaɪˈtɛl/ ky-TEL; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor and producer. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Theo Angelopoulos' Ulysses' Gaze, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ; Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma & Louise; Peter Yates' Mother, Jugs & Speed; Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; Jane Campion's The Piano; Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant; Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk till Dawn; James Mangold's Cop Land; Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs; and Paolo Sorrentino's Youth. Along with actors Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn, he is the current co-president of the Actors Studio.

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Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview what the profession is so we can reach out to the people to help them get along.

Actors, Done, Help, Meaning, People, Question

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

Beautiful, Doe, Exaggerating, Jobs, Say, Work

Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.

Mickey, Needs, Understand, Worthwhile

What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.

Comprehend, Helping, Hired, Literature, Understand, Years

I believe every day when I wake up and go to bed and during my dreaming time there's some moment of truth that's in front of me that will always be in front of me until the end of days.

Believe, Dream, Front, The End Of The Day, Truth

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

Enjoy, Mean, Suits You, Trying, Work

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading.

Angel, Angels, Brought, Led, Mother, Reading

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.

Dramatic, Equal, Playing, Role, Roles, Weight

I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything is difficult.

Difficult, Hard Work, Struggle, Things, Thinking

He brought imagination to the story of the Creation.

Brought, Creation, Imagination, Stories, Story

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation

Background, Beautiful, Character, Characters, Tools

Well, it's such an intricate, beautiful script about eight professional robbers pulling a heist, and it deals with elements of betrayal, trust, instinct, and need for relationships.

Beautiful, Betrayal, Eight, Intricate, Script, Trust

My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie.

Actors, Advice, Extra, Like, Movie, Thinking

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.

Easy, Found, People, Responsibility, Sense, Theatre

The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle.

Life, Reward, Rewards, Struggle, Things, Understanding

Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people who also want to know and are ready to share some ideas about literature and thoughts, and it becomes nourished that way.

Ideas, Marine, People, Read

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.

Driver, Environment, Given, Pimp, Reason

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

Book, Books, Genius, Reading, Teacher, Theatre

She had said one time, make a choice and do it like Hercules. So if that is all of what is being offered, the idea is to always do it like Hercules and I always followed her advise and now I'm here talking to you.

Advise, Choices, Ideas, Like, Said, Talking

Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see the movie, but he's trying to find his music.

Lessons, Music, Say, Trying, Uhm, Want

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