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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

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Keanu Reeves -- Born: 1964-09-02. Occupation: actor. Education: American Community School at Beirut. Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance.

Born1964-09-02

Occupationactor, author, film actor, film director

EducationAmerican Community School at Beirut, Avondale Secondary Alternative School, De La Salle College, Etobicoke School of the Arts

AwardsMTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo, MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male, Time 100, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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“Go to work and respect who you're working with until they prove they don't get your respect,”
PEOPLE2026-04-07Source
“Try not to be [an asshole]. It might not work out, but try.”
PEOPLE2026-04-07Source
“I was in Toronto, Canada, and then I got a manager who lived in Los Angeles.”
foxnews.com2025-10-18Source
“I think the idea of looking at video games and movies and so on, it's just a way of exonerating the people who are really profiting from the violence.”
bbc.co.uk2024-07-22Source
“I love words and storytelling and I love the way that you can have this engagement that overlays. And so you can look at the art and then you can follow the story.”
bbc.co.uk2024-07-22Source
“Grief changes shape, but it never ends. [...] People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better.' They're wrong.”
snopes.com2022-10-03Source
“where I would pick up pins and clean on the weekend for allowance money.”
amp.theguardian.com2021-12-19Source
“I think there’s an English formality my mom carries, and that’s become a part of me, too,”
amp.theguardian.com2021-12-19Source
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“What’s frustrating about that is you lose your agency. When you give a performance in a film, you know you’re going to be edited, but you’re participating in that.”
wired.com2023-02-14Source
“The people who are paying you for your art would rather not pay you. They’re actively seeking a way around you, because artists are tricky. Humans are messy.”
wired.com2023-02-14Source
“Try not to be a f---ing a--hole,”
PEOPLE2026-04-07Source
“I mean, sure, stream it if you have to.”
amp.theguardian.com2021-12-19Source
“Try and respect others. Try and continue to get the most out of life, and find ways to get that in this situation, but also to respect it. Find ways to connect. If you can. I mean, just .... survive.”
latimes.com2020-12-10Source

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