Harvey Keitel

“It's the character who has the story to tell, not the actor.”

“I'm a work in progress.”

“Acting is about discovering things in yourself that you didn't know were there.”

“I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.”

“The challenge of being an actor is to be a human being.”

“You learn from the things that happen to you. You learn from the things you do. The things you don't do, that's what you're going to regret.”

“For me, acting is not about showing my presence, but about revealing my soul.”

“Life is a risk.”

“I'm not a method actor. I'm a boy from Brooklyn.”

“What I do for a living is listen.”

“The most important thing for a young actor is to be a good actor. To be a good actor, you have to be a good person.”

“The challenge is to be yourself in a world that is trying to make you like everyone else.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to do what I do.”