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For an actor sometimes panned for his lack of range, Keanu Reevess career has undergone remarkable shifts.
Then, with theJohn Wickfranchise, a comeback.
Of his teen years, he has said, I was greasy and running around a lot.
I was just a little too rambunctious.
A former teacher attested, I dont think he ever got to a class on time.
So Can He Act?
It takes a smart person to play a dumb person effectively.
Then I just wanted to apologize for everything that I had ever said about him.
Hes a really great comedian.
A good actor, period, saidA.
Hes Keanu Reeves, dude, wroteManohla Dargis.
There are days when Im okay.
Maybe its because Im a Virgo; its in my sign to be hard on myself, saidKeanuReeves.
His Action Career
He has lived without his spleen since a 1988 motorcycle accident.
He has joked that action movies helped him survive later crashes.
His manager had to convince him to doSpeed.He hated stunts, and he hated action!
He was afraid of it, saidSpeeddirectorJan de Bont.
Now, Reeves has said, he will take theJohn Wickfranchiseas far as my legs can take me.
Within the industry,he has become famed for his preparation and not just for action.
His Looks
There is an ambiguity about him, a philosophy professor has said.
Hes not an alpha male.
Hes masculine and feminine in a way.
In his first months in Los Angeles, he went by K. C. Reeves.
Keanu, a studio executive had said, was a name that will never appear on a marquee.
His Secrets
Said one childhood friend: He was a secretive guy about his life.
What He Moved to L.A. With
$3,000 and a 1969 Volvo.
His Love of Hockey
He daydreamed of playing goalie for the Canadian national team.
(His nickname was the Wall.)
Even when he was tending goal, his old coach said, he would start reciting Shakespeare.
His Tragedies
He was estranged from his late father.
Its full of pain and woe and fucking loss and all that shit, said Keanu.
He pushed back shootingThe Matrixsequels to be with his sister as she battled leukemia.
In 2000, he had a stillborn daughter with girlfriend Jennifer Syme.
Syme died in a car accident in 2001.
His close friend andMy Own Private Idahoco-star River Phoenix died of a drug overdose in 1993.
How He Sees His Relationship With His Fans
Im Mickey [Mouse].
They dont know whos inside the suit.
Rumors once swirled that he was in a same-sex marriage with David Geffen.
He let them swirl.
Theres nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment, he said.
Hes a Mensch
He rescued a young Octavia Spencer after her car broke down.
He gave up back-end profits onThe Matrixsequels to themovies special-effectsand costume teams.
He has launched a foundation that funds childrens hospitals and cancer research.
He prefers not to talk about any of this.
His Intimations of Mortality
In his 40s, he began to think about his own death.
In his 50s, he says, he has accepted it and begun to prepare for it.
On reports that he is sad: I dont feel lonely.
I dont socialize a lot, but I have good friends and I have a very good life.
