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Top 25 Kevin Kline Quotes (2025 Update)

Kevin Kline Quote: “The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.”

1. “The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Hindsight. It’s like foresight without a future.”

2. “Hindsight. It’s like foresight without a future.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I’ve got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it’s a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.”

3. “I’ve got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it’s a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Ambition without contribution is of no significance.”

4. “Ambition without contribution is of no significance.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “People ask, ‘What’s the best role you’ve ever played?’ The next one.”

5. “People ask, ‘What’s the best role you’ve ever played?’ The next one.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don’t play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.”

6. “Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don’t play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Nobody sees the same movie. I’m sure there are people who saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and thought “Finally a gay movie about men who really care about each other. Thank God!” That’s not what I saw necessarily but I don’t think any two people see the same movie.”

7. “Nobody sees the same movie. I’m sure there are people who saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and thought “Finally a gay movie about men who really care about each other. Thank God!” That’s not what I saw necessarily but I don’t think any two people see the same movie.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Dogs do have feelings, I gather.”

8. “Dogs do have feelings, I gather.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I totally related to Cole Porter’s magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn’t drag them away from a piano.”

9. “I totally related to Cole Porter’s magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn’t drag them away from a piano.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “But you have to trust your instincts. Because you’re not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You’ll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you’ve got five other scenes you’re shooting that day. You’ve got to keep going.”

10. “But you have to trust your instincts. Because you’re not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You’ll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you’ve got five other scenes you’re shooting that day. You’ve got to keep going.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I’m a real pushover for animals.”

11. “I’m a real pushover for animals.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who’d been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.”

12. “I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who’d been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “We’re all animals, but we’re a different sort of animal. Maybe they’re better than us. They’re more loyal. They’re more pure. They’re more simple. They’re not neurotic. Well, there are some neurotic dogs.”

13. “We’re all animals, but we’re a different sort of animal. Maybe they’re better than us. They’re more loyal. They’re more pure. They’re more simple. They’re not neurotic. Well, there are some neurotic dogs.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I’m in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I’m doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.”

14. “It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I’m in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I’m doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Most of the comedies I’ve done have been rather farcical and extravagant.”

15. “Most of the comedies I’ve done have been rather farcical and extravagant.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.”

16. “I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Just because you’re not sweating doesn’t mean you’re not putting in the work.”

17. “Just because you’re not sweating doesn’t mean you’re not putting in the work.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Don’t kiss a man who hasn’t shaved.”

18. “Don’t kiss a man who hasn’t shaved.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I can play characters who sing, but I don’t like singing in a nightclub or something. It’s not my metier.”

19. “I can play characters who sing, but I don’t like singing in a nightclub or something. It’s not my metier.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I’ve never felt completely satisfied with what I’ve done. I tend to see things too critically. I’m trying to get over that.”

20. “I’ve never felt completely satisfied with what I’ve done. I tend to see things too critically. I’m trying to get over that.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.”

21. “Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he’d be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.”

22. “I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he’d be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.”

23. “When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don’t come with a lot of baggage.”

24. “But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don’t come with a lot of baggage.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.”

25. “You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.”

26. “I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.”

27. “It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “Some of my favorite characters that I’ve played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.”

28. “Some of my favorite characters that I’ve played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.”

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Kevin Kline Quote: “I just don’t think I’m a very good singer.”

29. “I just don’t think I’m a very good singer.”

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