Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Keanu Reeves Quotes
ControversyEducationPersonal ExperienceReligionSports I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.
Celebrity LifeHumilityHumorPerformanceSurprise On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.
GrowthIndividualityJourneyRelatabilitySelf-Discovery It's the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.
CreativityFilmmakingPassionStorytellingVisual Arts I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.
Artistic ExplorationCareer GrowthCreativityExpressionVersatility You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.
Everyday LifeHumorMoodSelf-awarenessSocial Situations But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer.
ChangeGrowthHumorResilienceSelf-Discovery I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It's embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.
ChoiceFilmLossNostalgiaTechnology I think - I don't know, maybe it's nostalgia. But the choice, losing the choice to be able to use film is going to be - it's gone. It's going to be gone.
ActionAdventureCinemaFilm TechniquesSpecial Effects 'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements.
ArtCelebrationCinemaHumanityUnity The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
CareerCuriosityInterestPhotography I was always interested - I mean, it's kind of part of your job - I was always interested in the camera.
ArtCreativityMediumsNostalgiaTechnology Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture.
Decision MakingFearIntrospectionRiskUncertainty I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water.
CommunicationExpressionIntentionPersonal ConnectionWriting Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.
ArtistryCreativityFocusPerformancePerspective I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance.
DualityFaithPerceptionReligionSpirituality Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.
CollaborationCreativityEffortPartnershipProduction I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we've been trying to generate material.
CinemaConsequencesKnowledgeStoryTruth 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.
Cultural ChangeEntertainmentMedia ConsumptionTechnology How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
CreativityHumorNostalgiaPop CultureSurrealism But I did 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' They made a cereal out of it, so once you've had a cereal, it doesn't get much more surreal than that. Surreal cereal.
Inner ConflictJudgmentPerformancePublic ScrutinySelf-Criticism It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.
AppreciationBeautyConnectionJoyMystery 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.
AchievementCollaborationGratitudeHopeJourney I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.
ContinuityExistenceInteractionLife and AfterlifeSpirituality I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.
DirectionEmotionEnergyImpactSpirituality 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.
Cinematic EvolutionFilm HistoryPhotographyTechnology in Filmmaking When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures.