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| This page has Keanu Quotes, Interviews and his latest movies, The Replacements and The Watcher movie reviews. I have added two more interviews, which totals to 4 on this page. These are real Keanu Reeves quotes. "I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. You just happen to be spending time with a dumb person." "No, I'm not gay, but you never know." "I don't look like a classic North American." "I'm pretty boring. I just read, play hockey, play music." "I'm sorry my existence in not very noble or sublime" "If I don't feel free and can't go where I want, I react. I just go against it." "I don't think I'll end up wearing big diamond rings. I'm a very humble man, I don't go around with a big entourage." "I AM normal...any other perception is a lie, leads to madness." "I'll hopefully be a good actor one of these days." "Either you like me or you don't." "Do you know that I'm the critics' whipping boy?" "I thank the earth and the sky everyday for the opportunities I've had." "I'm the worst bass player in the world, I have no rhythm." "I was hopeless at high school- I failed everything but Latin." "My name can't be THAT hard to pronounce." "The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way." "When I'm dead I'll probably only be remembered for playing Ted" "You know what is a nice thought? Retirement. That's what we've got to look forward to. A hundred movies in the can and time to relax on a warm beach." "Art is about trying to find the good in people and making the world a more compassionate place." "I am Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit." "It's fun to flirt and kiss and stuff in real life. And it's not that hard to get steamed up about someone you hardly know for a film scene either. You just have to say 'excuse me if I get excited' or 'I'm sorry if I don't you know'. But love's and easy emotion, man. It's easy to love people." "It's like they have a separate rating, the Reevsian view. 'Okay, here's this Reeves guy again. What can we say about him, now?" "I dreamed about bread and cheese when I was fasting and had fantasies of pouring wine on my head while I rolled naked in the dirt. The appetites I quelled, not vanquished, but quelled, returned with a vengeance when I quit fasting, too. My desire for chocolate was ferocious." "I haven't read any fan mail in a long time because to open the letter brings greater responsibility. I have greater responsibility to family and friends that comes first." ***Interview from E!Online*** This is a recent interview. He talks about his new movie, "The Replacements", football, being a celebritity and touring with Dogstar. WHAT'S UP WITH THE HAIR? It's my porcupine cut. Actually, I'm thinking about it for the character I'm playing in Hardball, in which I become a baseball coach for a bunch of inner-city kids. So, I'm just kind of living with it and seeing how it goes. Somebody said I look like a bad version of Don King. THE CAST AND CREW, NOT TO MENTION SOME PRO PLAYERS WHO WORKED ON THE FILM, WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY YOU PERFECTED YOUR THROWING TECHNIQUE. ARE YOU READY FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL? No way. But I knew if you didn't believe me as a quarterback, then you wouldn't be able to enjoy the film. YOU PUMPED UP FOR THE PART, DIDN'T YOU? I gained about 23 pounds through changing my diet and lifting weights. I'm six-foot-one, and I ended up weighing about 192 pounds, so I think I sort of had the body of a quarterback. ARE YOU A FAN OF THE NFL? I am. I grew up watching football, even though I never played it as a kid. I was into ice hockey. I always wanted to play for Canada and be an Olympic goalie. But I love the game of football. Actually, I watched a lot of NFL game films and video compilations to get ready for my role. WAS THERE A MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT LIKE A REAL PRO? When I walked to the line of scrimmage, I found myself doing that helmet thing where you kind of give it a little smack. And then when you're calling signals, you suddenly find you have this quarterback voice. Actually, there was a time when I finally felt I was being accepted as a quarterback by the men around me. When I first started to pass, I'd throw the ball and miss, and the guys would go, "Good try, man. You'll get it." Then, about a month down the road, we did a scene where I threw a pass way behind the receiver. I did it three times and just missed every time. Suddenly, I realized I wasn't hearing, "Yo, man, it's okay." In fact, no one talked to me at all. I came off the field and said to the guy who was coaching me, "What's going on? What did I do?" He said, "Nobody's talking to you because you didn't make the pass. You should take that as a sign of respect. They're treating you like a quarterback. That's what happens when you come off the field and you don't execute. No one talks to you." DID THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE YOUR CHARACTER WAS FEELING? Yeah. It was a cool lesson, because I realized the responsibility that rests on a team leader like Falco. If the quarterback doesn't execute, the guys don't win, and it could have a big effect on the team's future. You feel the weight of becoming the guy who can make [the team] a winner or a loser. WAS EVERYONE FAKING THE TACKLES, OR WAS THERE SOME REAL PAIN OUT THERE? I now have such respect for the sacrifice guys make to play that game. Just even in our film, where we're acting, some guys got broken bones. I'd end up sitting in an ice tub for half an hour. Ice was my friend. DID YOU EVER GET SERIOUSLY INJURED? Not really. Everyone around me was great about protecting me. I remember one player, JC, said, "Okay, man, when I tackle you, don't tuck the ball against your chest." And I'm like, "Why?" And he goes, "Because I'm going to drive you into the ground, and the ball will break your ribs." WHAT WAS IT LIKE HAVING GENE HACKMAN FOR A COACH? He's a very funny man with a very dry sense of humor. When he shows up on the set, he's ready to go. He's like, "Let's shoot." He makes it look so easy, but he works so hard. Laurence Fishburne is like that, too. He calls acting swinging. He'll say, "It's time to swing." And he comes on the set and he swings, man. He's relaxed, in command, just doing his thing. YOUR BAND, DOGSTAR, HAS JUST RELEASED A NEW ALBUM, "HAPPY ENDING". TELL US ABOUT IT? It's called Happy Ending. If I had to sum it up in words, which I hate to do for music, I would call it alternative pop. It's got melody--there's a lot of melody in it, but yet there's a lot of distorted guitar and drums. WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF PERFORMING WITH A LIVE BAND? It's a whole lot of fun. I like writing songs. I like the camaraderie of the band. I like touring. I love playing bass and being amplified. And then there's free beer. HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE ROCK GROUPIES TO YOUR FEMALE MOVIE FANS? I don't have that many problems being recognized for my movies. There is no one who really follows me around. I don't go in the street and all of a sudden people are shrieking and freaking out. At concerts once in a while you get some bras thrown on the stage, which is really good. YOU'LL SOON START THE MATRIX SEQUELS. THATS'S A GIGANTIC COMMITMENT. We're just doing two movies, and we'll shoot scenes for both simultaneously. I'm going to be in Australia in November. We're going to train for four months and then film for about a year. I've read the scripts, but I'm sworn to secrecy. Almost everybody will be back, including Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss. HOW MUCH OF YOURSELF DO YOU PUT INTO THE CHARACTERS YOU PLAY? I'm still trying to figure that out, because that's the nature of life. In acting, you're constantly discovering new feelings and thoughts and exposing yourself to them. I guess it could be considered a kind of psychotherapy. As an actor, I can tell you a story you'll listen to. And maybe it won't just entertain you; it might also teach you something. I think film has the power to change your life if you want to let it. I've supported myself as an actor for a long time, and I want to keep that in perspective because I really love what I do. ARE YOU STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH THE SUCESS YOU'VE ACHIEVED AS A STAR? It can still be very surreal. It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you. That can be tough. The fans I meet are mostly nice to me and seem to like my work. But as far as the critics are concerned, I've often been their whipping boy. IT'S BEEN INTRESTING TO WATCH YOU CHANGE AND, APPARENTLY, COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT GIVING UP A LITTLE OF YOURSELF IN THE INTERVIEWS IS A PART OF BEING A MOVIE STAR. In the beginning of my career, I wasn't used to being asked personal questions, and I didn't respond very well. After suffering through a lot of gossip and tabloid lies, I learned that if you don't make yourself available, the press can develop a certain animosity toward you. I realized I have to give up some of my privacy. Otherwise, a lot of wild stories will be written to fill the vacuum. ***1994 Interview also provided by E!Online*** In this interview, he talks about his new movie at the time, "Last Time I Commited Suicide", needing work, touring with the band, crictics and escapes. YOU MAKE A LOT OF ACTION MOVIES, BUT YOU'VE ALSO MADE A LOT OF SMART FILMS, LIKE Much Ado About Nothing, Dangerous Liaisons, Parenthood-- Yeah. Directed by Ron Howard. Good characters. That was one of his last really good pictures. SO, HAVING DONE THESE GOOD FILMS,HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT SOME OF YOUR OTHER WORK? Alka-Seltzer. [Laughs.] You know, some people like what I do, some don't. There's not really much I can do about it. I'm trying, you know? I'm not the best actor in the world; I know that. But I'm trying. That doesn't mean anything, I guess--just to try. DO THE CRITICS BOTHER YOU? It's like they have a separate rating--the Reevesian view. "Okay, here's this Reeves guy again. What can we say about him now?" MAYBE PART OF THAT COME FROM Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. A beautiful film. Well written. Really great spirit. STILL, IT'S THE SORT OF THE THING THAT GIVES YOUR CRITICS AMMUNITION. WHAT FILM WOULD YOU POINT TO AND SAY, "YEAH, BUT..." I'd start with Little Buddha, then go to Feeling Minnesota and maybe My Own Private Idaho--in terms of going off of that color. And Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, even. THE NOVEL THAT BECAME Tune in Tomorrow WITH BARBARA HERSHEY? And Peter Falk. I loved that movie. I thought that was a really good film. And it showed a relationship between a man and a woman you don't often see--people who enjoy each other's company. IS IT ODD SEEING ALL THE HYPE ABOUT SPEED 2? AFTER ALL, IT WAS YOUR MAGIC WITH SANDRA BULLOCK THAT CREATED THAT FRANCHISE. Yeah, she's great. It's not odd at all. I expect Jason Patric will be good in it. DO YOU KNOW HIM? Not at all. I've seen his work. I find him to be a very interesting actor. His reticence will hopefully translate well to the piece. They hired me to do it; they can hire someone else to do it. That's the business. ON THE SUBJECT OF BUSINESS, THERE ARE SO MANY BIG-BUDGET MOVIES AROUND RIGHT NOW. Yeah, this year, Fox alone has Titanic and Speed 2, with combined budgets of $350 million. Talk about sink or swim. There's not going to be as many movies made next year. There's such a glut in the market, there's no time for a film to be in theaters. SO, HERE YOU ARE WITH A $1 MILLION FILM. I think they've really picked a good time to bring this out--in the summer against Batman. [Laughs.] Stephen Kay [the director] and I both feel it should have come out in the fall, that it's a real fall picture. Know what I mean? It's 50 degrees in New York, you want to go see a picture. The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Neal Cassady...why not? AND ITS NOT A LEADING ROLE. THAT'S A DEPARTURE. I loved it. When you're not playing the hero in a piece, you don't have such a linear obligation. You generally get to do more stuff--stuff being character things. Actors always look to play the villain, because there's more to do. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT? I knew Stephen. He had written this script about Neal Cassady. I told him I dug it. "I dug it, brother"--one of the most fun things about the piece was calling everybody "brother." I love that fraternity. "Hey, brother." "Hey, brother, man."--and a couple of months down the road, Stephen asked if I was interested in playing Harry. I'm not an obvious choice for Harry. I said, "Shouldn't you get Steve Buscemi?" And he said, "We'll put a mask on you." HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN A NEAL CASSADY FAN? Yeah. When I was in my late teens, I was reading On the Road, Dharma Bums and getting into Ginsberg. I guess I really connected with the spirit of this character--his restlessness, his search, his joie de vivre. To me, these writers represented the epic language they used invoking the Greek and Roman gods. That Bacchus and Dionysian aspect resonated with me, and I used that to try and read my life and break out of myself, search for new sensations--living the moment, staying up late, traveling, experiencing. But also I've always found it sort of melancholy on the road; there's a sadness to it. SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FINDING IT? Right. AND THIS WAS PRIOR TO COMING TO HOLLYWOOD?? Well, yeah. But I'm still doing it. Now, I'm a little older, so I have to pick my times. Cassady was the guy these writers focused on and used in their lives and writing for their own explosions. AND Last Time CHRONICLES THAT? Yeah, it depicts a real human state--that torment between being committed to a relationship and then always wanting to have the escape hatch. And I think Thomas Jane [the actor who plays Cassady] did a remarkable job of showing those jitters. There's a moment where he and his girl begin to talk about the future, and he says, "I've got to get my suit. I can't go to that job interview looking like this. I've got to get the suit." It's that thing--"I've got to go out. I've got to go." And he leaves her. It's tragic. I saw the film with some girls, and it made them so sad, because they've experienced that with men--being there, trying to commit, that rush of love. Everything's there and all-consuming, and then--where did it go? AND AS CASSADY'S LOVER, CLARE FORLANI PLAYS RIGHT INTO THAT. What's cool about her character is she has her own demons. It's not just this woman who's looking at Neal. She's slitting her wrists. Neal has to take care of her. It's not just about him, and he knows it. These are really relevant themes--things everybody has to look into: responsibility, commitment and your own desire to run away from all of it and be a free agent. You have those battles every day, and I think that's what the film is about. He leaves her [dying in the hospital]. And she lives. Imagine what that felt like. IS THERE A SIDE OF YOU THAT WANTS TO LIVE THE SETTLED-DOWN, WHITE-PICKET-FENCE, HAPPILY- EVERY-AFTER-LIFE? I went through a phase last year, but I'm over it. THAT WAS QUICK. Yeah. I'm sure it's something that'll keep coming around, but I'm kind of over it right now. SO, WHEN YOU JUST NEED TO ESCAPE, WHERE DO YOU GO? Sometimes, I just sit on my couch and think or read or play chess. I get to do it a little bit with the band I play in. We've been on the road for the past couple of summers. That's really doing it--going on the road, playing music, drinking, going out for laughs. AND YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS SUMMER? Yeah, in a bus. We're going to sell our record at the shows. I think we're doing 50 shows in 65 days. AND YOU'LL WRITE THE KEROAC-ESQUE STORY OF IT ALL--ON THE ROAD WITH DOGSTAR? I don't know what I'm going to do. Right now, I'm thinking I'm going to work on my chess and maybe my Shakespeare a little bit. Last year, I brought all these books, and I maybe read a page. Other than that, I just kind of sat and drank and talked and played bass. AND WHEN THE TOURS OVER,YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER MOVIE OPENING. Yeah, Devil's Advocate this fall with Al Pacino. He's the best. He's the man. AND CHARLIZE THERON? Oooh. She's incredible--a movie star. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON? I'm looking for a job. ANYTHING HAPPENING ROMANTICALLY? No, nothing going on there. I'm looking for work and looking for love, hopefully not in all the wrong places. I'LL PUT THE WORD OUT. Thanks. **Interview by Ian Blair** He's man enough to admit to having a good cry and even being cheated on, but when it comes to love, don't expect any fanfares from Keanu Reeves. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE? Very expensive wine. I recently bought a very, very good case of wine. It was an '82 Cheval blanc, first growth Bordeaux and it's delicious. I think four bottles have been drunk so far. It's kind of a special occasion wine. IF YOUR HOME CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU SAVE? Let's see, I'd make sure I'd have my photos of friends, I'd grab my copy of Hamlet, some fo the Shakespeare books and I'd grab my bass guitar. And I'd make sure I had my wallet on me. CAN YOU IMAGINE TAKING UP ANOTHER CAREER? No, I mean I do music to a certain extent but not full-time. Certainly, when I do concentrate on it, its my main focus. In June, dogstar did a tour fo the States, 50 shows in 65 days. Basically, though, I love acting too much. It's my gig, you know. WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU'VE LEARNED SO FAR? I guess, in terms of acting, its's just to be prepared, do your work. And when it comes to life, it's to use compassion. IF YOU COULD READ ANYBODY'S DIARY, WHOSE WOULD IT BE? Jesus Christ's would be a good one. He led a pretty interesting life when you think what he began as, what he became and what he went on to do. So I think to know his thoughts and inside feelings would be remarkable. I'd love to read them. IF YOU WERE INVISIBLE FOR AN HOUR, WHERE WHOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO? It would depend on my mood, but right now I'd just go and fly around for an hour, think and look, fly around the world, maybe travel in space, hang out. Or I might even go and look in on some friends or family. WHAT IRRITATES YOU THE MOST? I hate it when people lie to me. I also find all violence very upsetting, particularly weird violence. WHAT WOULD YOU UNINVENT? I would really like to rid the world of all it's diseases. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST ROMANTIC GESTURE EVER? Nothing as grandiose as that great scene in AWITC, [A Walk in the Clouds]where I serenade the girl under her balcony. I've never done anything like sing under someone's bedroom window myself, but sure, I can relate to it. Gosh, I guess I'm a little lacking in romantic gestures, though I do give presents and gifts. I feel it's only right, if someone's bought a house, that you take them a house-warming gift, or if it's their birthday, you buy them a present. I think those are the good parts of life. HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN? Well, I've never come home to find my girlfriend cheating. I only found out later, after we'd broken up, that it was going on. But in terms of having my heart broken like that, no. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY AND WHY? I cried at one point during the filming of DA, just out of frustration. It was a really hard shoot and I felt like I wasn't getting a chance to do my best work. I was feeling completely overwhelmed by the process, so I had a good afternoon cry. It helped me to get on with the day. WHAT HAS BEEN THE LOWEST PART OF YOUR LIFE? Oh, gosh, in my life? I don't want to talk about that. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a good man. I think that's not a bad way to be remembered. It's something. *** Whoa. After a slew of unremarkable TV roles, Keanu Reeves started off his career with a role in Dangerous Liaisons, and cement |
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