Keitel Quotes & Sayings

Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see the movie, but he's trying to find his music. — Harvey Keitel

Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to grateful for its appearance, grateful for any kind of music that has the kind of effect that rap has had on us all. — Harvey Keitel

She had said one time, make a choice and do it like Hercules. So if that is all of what is being offered, the idea is to always do it like Hercules and I always followed her advise and now I'm here talking to you. — Harvey Keitel

Well, it's such an intricate, beautiful script about eight professional robbers pulling a heist, and it deals with elements of betrayal, trust, instinct, and need for relationships. — Harvey Keitel

I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the fatherland before me. I follow now my sons - all for Germany. — Wilhelm Keitel

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role. — Harvey Keitel

I am a soldier and I worked for the kaiser, under Ebert, Hindenburg, and Hitler, all the same way, for the past 44 years. — Wilhelm Keitel

Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview what the profession is so we can reach out to the people to help them get along. — Harvey Keitel

He brought imagination to the story of the Creation. — Harvey Keitel

This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention. — Wilhelm Keitel

I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all. — Harvey Keitel

I like Harvey Keitel. I liked him in 'Mean Streets.' I'm a fan. — Richard Ben-Veniste

You didn't hear the angels singing. It was brought down to Mother Earth, which is where it should be. And that led me to a lot of other reading. — Harvey Keitel

Almost every single person that I've worked with - whether it's been [George] Clooney or [Robert] DeNiro or [Harvey] Keitel, or whoever - the quality that I find that's most consistent in most of the people is the humility. — Malik Yoba

Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? No, that wasn't it; the truth was that nobody would have been ready to replace me, because each one knew that he would end up just as much a wreck as I. — Wilhelm Keitel

I want to get a handle on the music. There's only so much you can do alone. I want everyone else there. I can't wait until we feel we've got it down and we can really figure out what it's all about! I can't wait to meet Harvey Keitel, too! I'm so used to working with musical theatre people ... I'm really curious how he works. He's the only one that doesn't sing in the show - he acts and weaves himself through the show as the ring-master. I hope I learn something from him. — Max Von Essen

I believe every day when I wake up and go to bed and during my dreaming time there's some moment of truth that's in front of me that will always be in front of me until the end of days. — Harvey Keitel

Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared. — Wilhelm Keitel

Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know. — Harvey Keitel

Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front. — Wilhelm Keitel

Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people who also want to know and are ready to share some ideas about literature and thoughts, and it becomes nourished that way. — Harvey Keitel

I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity. — Wilhelm Keitel

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most. — Harvey Keitel

Hitler had charm, loved children, charmed women. But in political respects he would stop at nothing. In other respects he had soft and touching emotions. Just as he could be terribly brutal in following up political ideas, so he could be humanely sensitive for the feelings of individuals, for the individual human life. — Wilhelm Keitel

If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know. — Wilhelm Keitel

A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice. — Wilhelm Keitel

The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle. — Harvey Keitel

I've worked with Emily Skinner and I've seen Linda Balgord's work. I saw Harvey Keitel at the call-backs. But generally I don't know many people. They're not only good performers; they're really good singers! This show is for people who have more of a history in reading music. From what I already know about the ensemble, it's going to be great. And I can't wait to meet the rest of them. They're the real deal. — Max Von Essen

I'm Winston Wolfe. I solve problems. — Harvey Keitel

This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is not waged with the most brutal means, we will shortly reach the point where the available forces are insufficient to control the area. It is therefore not only justified, but it is the duty of the troops to use all means without restriction, even against women and children, so long as it ensures success. — Wilhelm Keitel

That's sort of like what real life is like in Hollywood. You need stars to gain financing. — Harvey Keitel

It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a father of four children in parochial school, he's a lieutenant of detectives, but he's in conflict with himself and with trying to do what's right. — Harvey Keitel

What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better. — Harvey Keitel

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you. — Harvey Keitel

That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes. — Harvey Keitel

Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that. — Harvey Keitel

I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film. — Harvey Keitel

If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague. — Wilhelm Keitel

I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything is difficult. — Harvey Keitel

No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed ... He was a great psychologist. — Wilhelm Keitel

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books. — Harvey Keitel

So there's no such thing as one too many this, one too many that. I remember, you're reminding me of early in my career, somebody said to me: why are you taking so many roles as a policeman. — Harvey Keitel

My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie. — Harvey Keitel

I've just done a film in the United States. It's a thriller called 'A Crime', with Harvey Keitel, we play against each other, and it's so great to play in another language. But I'm definitely not American. — Emmanuelle Beart

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance. — Harvey Keitel

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation. — Harvey Keitel

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film. — Harvey Keitel

It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes which could not be recognized at the time, and that I did not see that there is a limit set even for a soldier's performance to his duty. That is my fate. — Wilhelm Keitel

The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success. — Wilhelm Keitel

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue. — Wilhelm Keitel

Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have remained alive to bear his share. — Wilhelm Keitel

I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie. — Harvey Keitel

Because it's a brilliant film. It's funny, and violent, and it's got Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth in it, and everything. And a cracking sound track.

Maybe there's no comparison between Ian sleeping with Laura and Reservoir Dogs after all. Ian hasn't got Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth in him. And Ian's not funny. Or violent. And he's got a crap sound track, judging from what we used to hear through the ceiling. I've taken this as far as it will go. — Nick Hornby

I read, I think, I play, I work. And all that thinkingand playing and reading comes into my art. I couldn't really sithere and delineate for you what the thought process is. I can perhapssay that literature, psychoanalysis and theater have been very valuableexperiences that have informed and nourished me along the way. — Harvey Keitel

It's always a pleasure to see John. I'm fond of telling people that when I was a young actor in NY and had no work ,no money, you know the story because you're heard it before. — Harvey Keitel

Oh I had crushes on all my leading men, I think. Oh, you know who I really had fun with? In this movie 'Mother, Jugs & Speed,' I really liked working with Harvey Keitel. — Raquel Welch

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in. — Harvey Keitel