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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/spacey-american-beauty-was-my-peak.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Kevin Spacey was amazed by the success of American Beauty" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-spacey-american-beauty-was-my-peak.jpg" alt="Kevin Spacey was amazed by the success of American Beauty"/></a></p>
<p>Kevin Spacey has revealed the huge success of American Beauty made him pursue theatre as a goal instead of film.</p>
<p>Kevin&#8217;s performance as melancholic Lester Burnham in Sam Mendes&#8217; drama won him the Oscar and Bafta awards for best actor in 1999, and was widely praised by critics and audiences alike.</p>
<p>&#8220;After American Beauty came out, frankly it went better than I could possibly hope &#8211; and I thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done it, I don&#8217;t need to chase that dream&#8217;,&#8221; he said before attending the Jameson Cult Film Club screening of The Usual Suspects in Dublin, Ireland.</p>
<p>&#8220;What could I do now? Was I going to spend ten years trying to be that guy on those lists in the &#8216;hot&#8217; movies? I want to chase another dream, and do something different,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Instead of hankering for more big-screen roles, Kevin chose to focus on theatre and became artistic director of the Old Vic.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wanted to put all the incredible good fortune and put it towards something that needs my help, which is the Old Vic. It meant my priorities shifted &#8211; not that I walked away from film, but I was walking towards something else,&#8221; he continued.</p>
<p>He continued to produce films like The Social Network, tipped to be a big winner at the Oscars.</p>
<p>&#8220;The fact I&#8217;ve been able to keep one foot in the film world as a producer and as an actor and yet dedicate myself fully to the Old Vic has been extraordinary,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The Jameson Cult Film Club screening of The Usual Suspects in Dublin was part of the 2011 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which takes place from February 17-27.</p>
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