Stacy Keach

“I believe that you have to withstand the dark periods in your life, and that you have to perform when you're not feeling your best.”

“Theater is my first love. I can't take the theater out of me.”

“The first thing I see is the obligation to serve.”

“I'm a character actor, always have been.”

“My father was a director, and he used to say, 'A great actor can do anything.'”

“Every role you play, you bring a part of yourself to it.”

“I think the best actors are the most generous, the most giving.”

“I don't mind playing the bad guy.”

“For me, the work is the reward.”

“Shakespeare is the grandfather of all playwrights.”