Kevin Spacey

What was happening was that someone had read the play and they were quite concerned. And I'll tell you why. Because the play is about this character that I portrayed named Hickey. And in the course of the play, as things get more and more revealed, you realize that this man that I'm playing has been a philanderer. He's cheated on his wife quite a lot.

And by the end of the play, he is arrested and taken off because he ended up ending his wife's life because she forgave him too much and he couldn't live with it. So now imagine this. There's 2,000 people at the Brooks-Atkinson Theater watching President Clinton watching this play. And at the end of the night, we take our curtain call. They bring out the presidential podium.

And by the end of the play, he is arrested and taken off because he ended up ending his wife's life because she forgave him too much and he couldn't live with it. So now imagine this. There's 2,000 people at the Brooks-Atkinson Theater watching President Clinton watching this play. And at the end of the night, we take our curtain call. They bring out the presidential podium.

And by the end of the play, he is arrested and taken off because he ended up ending his wife's life because she forgave him too much and he couldn't live with it. So now imagine this. There's 2,000 people at the Brooks-Atkinson Theater watching President Clinton watching this play. And at the end of the night, we take our curtain call. They bring out the presidential podium.

Bill Clinton stands up there and he says, well, I suppose we should all thank Kevin and this extraordinary company of actors for giving us all way too much to think about.

Bill Clinton stands up there and he says, well, I suppose we should all thank Kevin and this extraordinary company of actors for giving us all way too much to think about.

Bill Clinton stands up there and he says, well, I suppose we should all thank Kevin and this extraordinary company of actors for giving us all way too much to think about.

And the audience fell over in laughter, and then he gave a great speech. And I thought, that was a pretty good way to handle that.

And the audience fell over in laughter, and then he gave a great speech. And I thought, that was a pretty good way to handle that.

And the audience fell over in laughter, and then he gave a great speech. And I thought, that was a pretty good way to handle that.

When I was starting to do research, I wanted to meet with the whip, Kevin McCarthy. And he wouldn't meet with me until I called his office back and said, tell him I'm playing a Democrat, not a Republican. And then he met with me. Nice. And he was helpful. He took me to whip meetings.

When I was starting to do research, I wanted to meet with the whip, Kevin McCarthy. And he wouldn't meet with me until I called his office back and said, tell him I'm playing a Democrat, not a Republican. And then he met with me. Nice. And he was helpful. He took me to whip meetings.

When I was starting to do research, I wanted to meet with the whip, Kevin McCarthy. And he wouldn't meet with me until I called his office back and said, tell him I'm playing a Democrat, not a Republican. And then he met with me. Nice. And he was helpful. He took me to whip meetings.

a huge amount of the credit. And not just for what he established, but the fact that every director after stayed within that world. I think that's why the series had a very consistent feeling to it. It was like watching a very long movie. the style, where the camera went, what it did, what it didn't do, how we used this, how we used that, how we didn't do this.

a huge amount of the credit. And not just for what he established, but the fact that every director after stayed within that world. I think that's why the series had a very consistent feeling to it. It was like watching a very long movie. the style, where the camera went, what it did, what it didn't do, how we used this, how we used that, how we didn't do this.

a huge amount of the credit. And not just for what he established, but the fact that every director after stayed within that world. I think that's why the series had a very consistent feeling to it. It was like watching a very long movie. the style, where the camera went, what it did, what it didn't do, how we used this, how we used that, how we didn't do this.

There were things that he laid the foundation for that we managed to maintain Pretty much until Bo Williman left the show, they got rid of Fincher, and I was sort of the last man standing in terms of fighting again. Netflix had never had any creative control at all. We had complete creative control. But over time, they started to...

There were things that he laid the foundation for that we managed to maintain Pretty much until Bo Williman left the show, they got rid of Fincher, and I was sort of the last man standing in terms of fighting again. Netflix had never had any creative control at all. We had complete creative control. But over time, they started to...

There were things that he laid the foundation for that we managed to maintain Pretty much until Bo Williman left the show, they got rid of Fincher, and I was sort of the last man standing in terms of fighting again. Netflix had never had any creative control at all. We had complete creative control. But over time, they started to...

get themselves involved because, look, this is what happens to networks. They'd never made a television show before, ever, and then four years later, they were the best. And so then you're going to get suggestions about casting and about writing and about music and scenes.