Kevin Spacey: “I’m finished with acting”
Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has officially quit his acting career, to concentrate on his position as boss of a London theatre. The star insists he is sick of the Hollywood system and has enjoyed more than enough acting success. Spacey - artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre - says, “I don’t care about my personal acting career anymore. I’m done with it. After 10 years of making movies and going better than I ever could have imagined, I sort of had to ask myself: ‘What am I supposed to do with all of this success that I have had?” “Am I just going to keep making movie after movie and be concerned with all of that ‘Are you up, are you down, are you hot, are you not?’, and I don’t really care. “What I really care about is the remarkable experience of being able to be a part of bringing people together.”
June 14th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
What a freakin shame. I love this man - he’s one of the best. Wish him well.
June 14th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I know, I’m actually really sad about it as well…
June 14th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Good for him.
August 17th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Kevin just needs a new agent to steer him away from lame projects that tank at the box office. I just saw him on Broadway in “Moon For the Misbegotten” and he gave an incredibly lazy, self-indulgent performance. I have to think that if his Bobby Darrin vanity project had done well, he wouldn’t be so dismissive of his acting career.