A Quote by Kevin Spacey

Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.

Kevin Spacey

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Kevin Spacey
American - Actor
Born: July 26, 1959

A couple of clues came my way of what I might be getting myself into when I sat down with a number of actors who had played Richard III in the past. And I was hoping of course, that one of them or all of them were gonna give me the magic key, the secret way in to play Richard III but none of them did that.But every one of them did say the following, "Be careful."

Kevin Spacey

I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.

Ted Lange

There's an honourable tradition of British actors who've gone to Hollywood playing baddies. Part of that is because we grow up with Richard III and Macbeth - we're not afraid of our villains.

Mark Strong

I would love to play Richard III.

Peter Dinklage

I must confess that the original 'Pretty Woman' was terrific and a hit, but I always felt that creatively I didn't do justice to Richard Gere's character. So in the musical, we have some great new moments for Richard's character.

Garry Marshall

I can always do theater; I can do Ibsen, I can do Macbeth, I can do Chekhov, I can do Moliere, Othello, I can do Richard III.

Ving Rhames

The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It's a lot of asides and soliloquies where he's wrapped in angst, and that's not a very interesting character.

Kurt Sutter

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

Ralph Nader

You can't get any more evil than Iago or Richard III. Those guys are bad.

Mark Pellegrino

It is evident that Qaddafi is mentally unwell. Like Richard III, he has barricaded himself within lies.

Hisham Matar

I'll never forget watching my dad perform in a Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Richard III' in New York.

John David Washington

There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it's not there.

Helen Mirren

I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.

Brendan Coyle

If you're a classical actor, every Shakespearean part you play, you then say, 'McKellen did it this way,' and, 'Jacobi did it this way.' There's a whole list of Oliviers and people, whether you play Hamlet or Richard II or Richard III, any of those roles. And I found that a bit when I did 'La Cage.' It didn't bother me one bit.

Douglas Hodge

When I read 'Paradise Lost,' or 'Richard III,' it is clear that Milton and Shakespeare took real pleasure and satisfaction from creating these epitomes of evil.