He sounds just like me...I'm 4w5 [nt]

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: : : Posted by Dafyd on February 14, 2000 at 17:43:27: : : : ++ E4w3 played by E4w3 Spacey. : : : : I'm going to take issue with this. Kevin Spacey is one of my favorite actors and last summer I made it a kind of project to figure him out. Based on what I researched, I believe he is a 5. I was not able to determine a wing -- he seemed to show traits from both. : : To start with, throughout all the interviews I've ever read with him, in all of them, every single one, the subject of his privacy and how much he guards it comes up. It came up all the time even before he was famous and had to worry about it. Here are some choice quotes from the man himself: : : "Nobody really knows who I am, which is great. Because the longer an actor remains in the shadows, the longer I can hide, the more my characters will get noticed." : : "There are certain places, certain things in my life that I just want to remain my own, and there is a line I won't cross." : : "My private life is a line I have never felt comfortable crossing. I don't fault people for having an interest in my personal life, nor do I try to stop that interest. I just don't participate in it." : : "Frankly, my private life is nobody's business. Because 85% of people in this world are comfortable sitting on a couch talking about their personal lives, if you choose not to the presumption is that you have something to hide. If you're not a public freak, people assume you're a private one." : : Most often he explains the need for privacy as a way to enhance the effect of his acting. But a few times he has revealed that he got into acting as a way to hide himself: : : "I was very shy. It would surprise people to know I still am. But I compensated for that by an outgoing and gregarious personality that I adopted in order to get through situations I was exceedingly uncomfortable with. When I found theatre, I found a channel, a funnel to be able to hide and reinvent myself." : : "You put on a mask and suddenly they don't see you. It makes you comfortable. You find your body doing things you normally wouldn't." : : His mimicry abilities are well-known, and he expalins doing impressions in much the same terms, as "a big way for me to have entree into dinners and parties -- a great way for me to do something that was entertaining but didn't ask me to reveal anything of me. I was able to be the life of the party and still hide. Which is a pretty good trick." : : Interviewers have said that he's calm, funny, evasive about himself, getting chilly if he's pressed to hard about personal matters. On the subject of his work, though, he shows himself to be very knowledgeable, doing lots of research for every role, and showing knowledge of film and theatre history. One reporter wrote: "His answers to questions are thorough, yet he speaks volumes with subtle facial expressions." : : I saw him interviewed on Charlie Rose, promoting his play on Broadway, "The Iceman Cometh." He was soft-spoken but enthusiastic about the play, and spoke very articulately and eloquently about it. Then Charlie Rose pressed him about his personal goals. Surprisingly, he gave a little, and said that he would like to start a family. But it was interesting to see how his speech and body language got awkward and halting -- like he was embarrassed to be talking about it -- in contrast to the confidence he had discussing his work. : : On non-serious talk shows, he comes out with a 7 connection, being outgoing and gregarious and funny. : : A background of sometimes violent misbehavior in childhood shows an 8 connection. On that, he said what provoked him was "the same things that make me lose my temper now, only I deal with it better -- stupidity, meanness, that sort of thing. I was usually reacting to bullies. I've found that if you hit back at a bully they will cower, so you've got to take a swipe occasionally. I don't suffer fools gladly." : : Okay, I'll stop now. There's my case. (At the time, I discussed this via e-mail with someone, which is why I still had the quotes on hand!) : : --Teresa

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