Kevin Spacey | James MacTaggart Lecture 2013 | EITF

[@EricDowdyScreenwriter]

From someone trying to break into the industry as a screenwriter, I can attest that it’s ridiculous just trying to get a foot in the door. I finished my MFA in Creative Writing for TV, Film and Animation two months ago, but moved to LA last year to get a feel for the city and see where opportunity presented itself. I can’t tell you how many inquiry letters I’ve sent only to not get a response. Or how many jobs applications I’ve filled out, and interviews I’ve endured only to get the “We’ll be in touch” or nothing at all. THANK YOU KEVIN! You’ve given me a new hope!

[@GrayNeko]

The whole time I was watching this, I kept thinking about Firefly. The absolute example of what Mr. Spacey's talking about. A show that didn't even survive it's first year that hatched a small, yet fanatically loyal fan base that could have grown the brand beyond anything Fox had imagined, if they'd only had Mr. Spacey's vision.This Browncoat salutes you, Kevin Spacey!

[@travisnukem1642]

Dang man, you're so right on about this!

[@Fedaykin8]

As a rabid content consumer, self confessed pirate and someone who embraces the technology, Mr. Spacey is speaking directly to me... anything I might say could not come close to how wonderful this talk is. SO MUCH TRUTH! I am aching for the establishment to abandon the antiquated Nielsen system and embrace new technology, and give us content how, when and where we want it! I have always maintained, piracy is not a cost issue, but rather a service issue! Kevon Spacey is my hero!

[@fatmaali7935]

Oh Kevin you are natural born leader .. So inspirational

[@tdrroy9354]

"You can applaud." Legend.

[@Jane-ju5fj]

such a relevant speech,Kevin is a great speaker :)

[@Hybris2000]

Spot on. Not only a talented actor, but also a remarkably smart person with objectivity regarding the current challenges of the industry.

[@johnfargher99]

We are so lucky to have this charismatic man at the Old Vic. He has really made a difference.

[@krishnamoorthyc]

As always, Kevin at his best. One actor that combines, style, substance and brains all in one package. Great speech!

[@Left4Coragem]

TB sent me here, and i very happy to watch this amazing lecture.

[@joekaf]

Amazingly prescient about the blurring between different types of media. True Detective is the perfect example of what he's talking about.

[@DamjanObal]

Great keynote. Pure magic from the man himself. Every TV network should watch it. So does every transmedia creative.

[@MyGodLivesInHere]

"The labels are useless" and the boundaries are imaginary. Thanks Mr. Spacey!

[@drwg456]

Wow . I'm not sure what this inspired me to do but I'll do it .

[@dtdeasable]

ALL THE BEST ELEMENTS THAT A LECTURE SHOULD INCLUDE - BUT BEST OF ALL THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IT TO OTHERS - A MASTER CLASS DTD

[@LostScarf]

Wow that was a heck of a speech, glad I heard it. TotalBiscuit and Gaming sent me here as well. I have a small channel and this inspires me to do better and try even harder.

[@BryanVartabedian]

This lecture is a study in brilliant delivery. Nice job, Kevin.

[@mooey79]

Excellent Work Mr Spacey!!!

[@amallica]

Brilliant speech. always loved you Kevin, and love you more now. thank you for always wanting to give back to creative minds

[@ActinginlondonCoUk]

Thank you, Kevin. This was sublime.

[@seriouslyent]

This is quite possibly the best speech about the entertainment industry in recent memory!!

[@jcdiedericks]

Thank you for uploading a squeezed video...This is 2013, make sure you pixel aspect ratio is correct before uploading.

[@jessee1185]

Oh this was so fun to watch. ONE note, however, was that Netflix DID have an original program before House of Cards! Lilyhammer came out and never really grabbed me (who knows, maybe I'll give it another shot), BUT it was the first. Sorry, Kevin Spacey, you're incredible still.

[@TheDrWeirdo]

They have an HD version.

[@VexedFilms]

Amazing talk. Also he's exactly right - those who don't adapt will disappear.

[@scottrobinson502]

Great stuff... As for some technical advice, the phase on the audio is out of sync slightly. Try reducing it to a mono track or mix the final stereo tracks down, if possible.

[@ProjectPaladin]

Thank you, Kevin Spacey, I couldn't agree more...

[@amylove999]

as always.. Brilliant

[@kartikm24]

yes !! transcript please!!

[@thomassun382]

These days, when more and more saying the portable devices are splitting the warm and close relationship and sharpening the anti-tech minds. This speech indeed makes a good stand on how to embrace the new challenges brought about by the new technologies. The movie industry is no wonder one of the most suffering industry during the past decades while few of them got the vision and guts to bring in innovation and achieved the successful pivot. The speech is quite inspiring not only for the movie or TV industry but serves as a good summarizing how the giant traditional company can work with new innovative force, provide support and also learn from them.

[@Bm_ksa]

I miss this man, please stay strong ❤❤❤I'm Bebe from Saudi Arabia and I do care about you Kevin, all your true fans care about you

[@Eralun]

Very good speech. I really like Kevin Spacey.

[@KenMarteney]

Great speech! 45 min well spent!

[@Dslrvideostudio]

Kevin Spacey delivers a inspiring but spot on speech about media, creatives and television.

[@verynotsuspicious]

Spot on.

[@AdamTorborg]

Kevin Spacey is such a captivating speaker. It seems the audience was too entranced by his speaking to applaud.

[@SirMykus]

"Thank you Kevin Spacey for having an open mind," from a previous comment. How very different that aspect of him has been viewed this last week.

[@JimmyRyanNZ]

This speech will define a generation. Period. Just you wait and see.

[@GlowingAlien]

I think that NBC's 'Community' is a great example of why viewing figures shouldn't be looked to to see how much it is loved.

[@scifiriot]

Amazing, inspiring, and vindicating.

[@Quoniqm]

I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY CAPSLOCK KEY BEING STUCK, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW I MIGHT UN-STUCK IT?

[@Pace9000]

Amazing

[@foyez5]

That was a good lecture!!

[@ZakiyaBishton]

Brilliant!

[@dizzt19]

I hope Netflix does more original stuff! It would be great if they expanded outside the US :). Great opening speech!

[@141414abc]

Great !

[@IsaiahCoberly]

I think this is a brilliant speech. Creativity, risk and the tendency too security hold true in every successful art form. Art forms are born, grow up and make baby art forms that grow up. And on and on..

[@Raziel1700]

Culture is not a luxury resource, it is a necessity!

[@UrbanGamer1]

Fantastic speech!

[@Cpennant1777]

you can applaud

[@CaptainValor]

*sigh* OP, please correct the aspect ratio before you upload next time. Stretched people look strange. Thanks

[@youtubeaccount3829]

what does he talk about? TL,DW; but somewhat interested

[@Honk5555]

Great speech Frank

[@141414abc]

Pleasure listen to

[@jpchevron]

You do it was suits that cancelled Firefly instead of giving it time to grow? Completely relevant to the video.

[@essxm22]

Great speech and he's bang on the money

[@hestheman929]

This man is a genius.

[@diegomorales8616]

Spacey's "leave the creatives alone" argument reminds me of Tony Gilroy's story of business folk constantly telling him, "I had an idea" as if it's an achievement. Then Gilroy said he always wants to reply, "OK, I deal with 1,000 ideas a day. What makes your idea any good or right for this story?"

[@WVitoMontone]

YEEEEEES!

[@hiigara1]

Great speech and he's right I binged on house of

[@DJDoena]

Great actor. Bad at math. At 5:30 he says "in 1974". At 6:00 he says "I was 13 years old". Kevin Spacey was born in July 1959, so he was at least 14, if not 15. ;-)

[@stuntdevil44]

I agree with this. Ive been "stealing" since The old Napster days But I make it a practice to eventually buy media that i feel is worthy of purchase .

[@erakus]

so you just watched totalbiscuit's content patch too i see.

[@Drasterr]

Powered by KZbin. Without 720p in 2013.

[@RotiKismis]

Kevin Spacey, you're my hero now. :D

[@BSGprosotos]

I really hope one day that Netflix will get a Battlestar-esk original drama.

[@darkhorse989]

Yeah, TB sent me here.

[@icesentry]

"Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem" - Gabe Newell He also said that if the pirates option is better most people will take it

[@Siresly]

Now I just became sad about Firefly again. Damn you Keyser Söze.

[@Apamaru]

I think video games are in a much better position in this regard than something like television, especially following SCE's genuine passion in supporting and nurturing new talent coming in from the indie scene. The threat of mobile gaming corroding this medium also seems to be diminishing. Video games sure are lovely.

[@agentmaine6]

so true so trur

[@IrregularPineapples]

Kevin Spacey, he gets it.

[@weneedrevelation]

Always loved Kevin Spacey but he's now my third favorite actor.

[@AdmirationTheatre]

Significant

[@gloaurora]

They didn't gave Community time, they didn't respect the talent and basically, NBC murdered it!

[@davidolden971]

and Notice that in the 4 months since you posted this comment, Yahoo picked up Community for more episodes?

[@edtExodus]

That's exactly what he is talking about, though. A lot of stuff is pirated because it's a stupid exclusive somewhere and people couldn't buy it even if they wanted to. Game of Thrones is a prime example for this. When people can buy quality in a comfortable format, comfortably accessible and to a reasonable prize, a lot more of them will pay for instead of pirating it.

[@Polemicist0]

The Director General and all the senior executives of the pubically funded BBC should be all forced to watch this incredibly inspiring speech.

[@youngian]

Couldn't disagree with much of that. The TV anecdotes were in a US network context, but the challenges for the BBC, CH4 ITV are pretty much the same.

[@speider]

Wrong. Lilyhammer is not produced by Netflix, it is an original series made bye the Norwegian State-funded channel NRK (the Norwegian version of BBC) As a Norwegian, it's good to see interest in that series but it came out on TV here a good time before it came out on Netflix. Just because people see it on netflix before they see it on a channel in their country, doesn't mean that it hasn't had a run on TV already:) House Of Cards was the first original Netflix-series. And yeah, He is awesome.

[@thewholetruth4192]

He's channeling Barack Obama, his body language has full swagger, like a small church preacher...his presentation is very charismatic, and he begins pick up the rhythm and become one with the stage in the middle and later stages of the speech.

[@lbotez]

Game of Thrones is pretty close to film; just a lot more story than you'd get in say, 3 or 4 films. Spacey is right, TV is taking over. The best thing about film though is going out and seeing it on a large screen. We are lucky to be able to get such good television these days...

[@stuntdevil44]

Kevin Spacey would be great in A Jack Lemmon bio-pic

[@johnfargher99]

I agree but it was picked up by Netflix and not the traditional networks. Not even HBO which is getting too comfortable.

[@stuntdevil44]

We should look back at this as the Manifesto To" The Dawn Of The First Age Of True Multimedia"

[@TiciTotyTony]

Why does it bother me that one person disliked this?,

[@RatherGeekyStuff]

TotalBiscuit and Gaming send me here. Thank you for that.

[@Fedaykin8]

Also, there are no oceans on the internet! I want to enjoy the great shows from around the world when they air without having to resort to piracy!

[@DangerZone3636]

The entire time I watch this I'm thinking "YEAH!! Now where's a new season of Firefly?"

[@TheAwwWtf]

I will always have the utmost respect for this man. I always have and always will stop to watch anything this man says.

[@elaminders]

Finally someone who fucking get it!

[@aussiejed1]

"If the audience is bonding to a show no matter how small that audience is to begin with isn't it worth investing the time to help it find its true potential." If you're FOX, obviously not.

[@jarkokoo]

Yep. Although pretty much the exact same thoughts most of the TV-heads already have discussed on many many forums, but now it came out of a mouth of a man, who even those money men might listen. Or at least I hope they'll do listen him.

[@RobertoFernandes01]

It's just a matter of time. Kevin is right.

[@LickTheEnvelope]

The ironic part is that business (generally) doesn't care as long as it's making money. It isn't losing money until the innovators come along. They don't realize they should be the ones innovating...

[@HarveeB]

listening with earphones makes this sound 3d

[@SasapessoS]

bad audio quality

[@Passeursdarcsenciel]

who gives a f*** ?

[@1Suspension]

I've never heard the word sexy used in that context before.

[@seriouslyent]

Well some TV heads, but not the TV heads who can change anything. If they truly believed this they would be walking the talk

[@Biederbeck05]

Söze... Keyser Söze!

[@undeadkitty334]

technological growth is easy, changing the business and social model is hard.