Kevin Kline
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"Kevin Delaney Kline" is an American actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.

Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He went on to win two Tony Awards for his work in Broadway theatre/Broadway musicals, winning Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical/Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 1978 original production of On the Twentieth Century and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Best Actor in a Musical for the 1981 revival of The Pirates of Penzance. He made his film debut the following year, opposite Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (film)/Sophie's Choice (1982). For his role in the 1988 comedy hit A Fish Called Wanda, he won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor/Best Supporting Actor. In 2003, he starred as Falstaff in the Broadway production of Henry IV, Part 1/Henry IV, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play. He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. His other films include The Big Chill (film)/The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (film)/Silverado (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), Dave (film)/Dave (1993), The Ice Storm (film)/The Ice Storm (1997), In & Out (1997), De-Lovely (2004) and My Old Lady (film)/My Old Lady (2014).

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I love the sound of a woman in the throes of rapture - but not screamers.

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.

Those of us who are blessed with good health must do all we can to help support the research community in their search for a cure for juvenile diabetes.

Notice? Notice? I was acting!

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera -- both of which I did as soon as I left the [Acting] Company and was starving.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.