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| November 01, 2001 | Ginsberg, Merle | COPYRIGHT 2001 Conde Nast Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Kevin Spacey dials down the sarcasm, sings Simon and Garfunkel tunes for charity and becomes the sweetheart of the holiday movie season. Really.

An audience with Kevin Spacey can feel like something of a mixed blessing: You revel in the actor's focused attention, his fierce intelligence and sometimes slashing wit, all the while wondering what it would be like if he suddenly turned it all against you.

You can't help imagining him on the offensive, brandishing that Sub-Zero sardonic edge familiar from so many of his films, and cutting some sophomore director (or magazine journalist) to the quick. Hell, Spacey was even a little scary in American Beauty, and ...

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