Keanu Reeves Quotes

"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way."

"When the people you love are gone, you're alone."

"Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things."

"Money doesn't mean anything to me. I've made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important."

"Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard."

"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."

"Grief changes shape, but it never ends."

"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."

"People were saying that David Geffen and I had gotten married and it just blew me away. Not that they thought I was gay, but that they thought I could land a guy that hot."

"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."

"I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit."

"I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy."

"I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it's not like I am hopeless."

"I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb."

"How do I confront aging? With a wonder and a terror. Yeah, I'll say that. Wonder and terror."

"I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime."

"I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems."

"My name can't be that tough to pronounce!"

"Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that."

"Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together."

"When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it."

"Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail."

"Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don't have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective."

"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."

"But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer."

"Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package."

"Eventually, it came to this place like, 'I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.' 'Man of Tai Chi' became the story to tell."

"I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more."

"I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me."

"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."