Top 100 Keanu Reeves Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “You need to be happy to live, I don’t.”

— Keanu Reeves

2. “The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

— Keanu Reeves

3. “Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want.”

— Keanu Reeves

4. “You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want.”

— Keanu Reeves

5. “Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.”

— Keanu Reeves

6. “Nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing, everything is simply transformed.”

— Keanu Reeves

7. “Life is good when you have a good sandwich.”

— Keanu Reeves

8. “Grief changes shape, but it never ends.”

— Keanu Reeves

9. “And it’s easy to stay grounded. The ground is very close. And we walk on it every day.”

— Keanu Reeves

10. “All the dreams I dream are nightmares and those nightmares are the ones I live.”

— Keanu Reeves

11. “I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.”

— Keanu Reeves

12. “I’m sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime.”

— Keanu Reeves

13. “Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.”

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14. “I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.”

— Keanu Reeves

15. “It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.”

— Keanu Reeves

16. “When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.”

— Keanu Reeves

17. “Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.”

— Keanu Reeves

18. “I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.”

— Keanu Reeves

19. “Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.”

— Keanu Reeves

20. “When I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want I just react. I go against it.”

— Keanu Reeves

21. “It’s fun to be hopelessly in love. It’s dangerous, but it’s fun.”

— Keanu Reeves

22. “In my quiet, I was working something out.”

— Keanu Reeves

23. “Energy can’t be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual direction. It must have some effect somewhere.”

— Keanu Reeves

24. “If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with the heart of an angel.”

— Keanu Reeves

25. “I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.”

— Keanu Reeves

26. “I’m Mickey Mouse. They don’t know who’s inside the suit.”

— Keanu Reeves

27. “I thank the earth and the sky everyday for the opportunities I’ve had.”

— Keanu Reeves

28. “We are the sum of who we are. We pick certain things at certain moments that influenced us.”

— Keanu Reeves

29. “Multi-culture is the real culture of the world – the pure race doesn’t exist.”

— Keanu Reeves

30. “Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don’t have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.”

— Keanu Reeves

31. “Here comes 40. I’m feeling my age and I’ve ordered the Ferrari. I’m going to get the whole mid-life crisis package.”

— Keanu Reeves

32. “The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.”

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33. “Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.”

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34. “What sort of girls do i like? – They are all angels.”

— Keanu Reeves

35. “Tattoos are interesting, but at the same time they are also a mask – you are exhibiting your past life on your body.”

— Keanu Reeves

36. “I used to have nightmares that they would put ‘He played Ted’ on my tombstone.”

— Keanu Reeves

37. “The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew’s cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo’s choice to know the truth. It’s a beautiful, beautiful story.”

— Keanu Reeves

38. “I’m older and older. With any experience you have, you know more about yourself.”

— Keanu Reeves

39. “I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.”

— Keanu Reeves

40. “I attempt to connect with my muse and go on demon rides.”

— Keanu Reeves

41. “I’m a meathead, man. You’ve got smart people, and you’ve got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.”

— Keanu Reeves

42. “The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That’s really what inspires me.”

— Keanu Reeves

43. “Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It’s a drag, but necessary.”

— Keanu Reeves

44. “Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.”

— Keanu Reeves

45. “I was hopeless at high school – I failed everything but Latin...”

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46. “You know what is a nice thought? Retirement.”

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47. “I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie.”

— Keanu Reeves

48. “I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came around to complete the trilogy, I just signed on board without even reading the scripts because the experience of the first film was so good.”

— Keanu Reeves

49. “Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.”

— Keanu Reeves

50. “And of course to work with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, and work with a wonderful, beautiful script directed by Nancy Meyers, it was really for me a dream come true.”

— Keanu Reeves