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" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "
Michael Keaton
Wake Up
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Time
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" My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to school where it was cold, it smelled, the lighting was bad. "
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" Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. "
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" Chris Guest movies are funny. "
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" If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny. "
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" I never wanted to play the short game. "
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" In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage. "
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" To make extra money, my parents would sell eggs and chickens. I was very little. I remember a chicken's head being chopped off with the chicken running around. I wasn't sure if my imagination was running away with me or if it really happened. It really happened. "
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" I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his moments, but I've not seen him; I've only seen bits and pieces on TV, so I can't really judge. Pierce looks very natural in the role. "
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" I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight. "
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" I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect. "
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" One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity. "
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" My brothers were tremendous shack builders. My shacks were horrible. My brothers once built a two-story shack from the ground up that was awesome! "
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" Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport. "
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" In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.' "
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" I didn't go to church all the time, just 'cause I was an antsy kid. "
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" High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun. "
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" I'll always stand by the first 'Batman'. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up. "
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Stand
Always
Hard
" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "
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Sometimes
People
Shallow
" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "
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Move
Art
Generally
" I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk. "
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Talk
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Really
" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "
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" From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique. "
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" Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!' "
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" I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies. "
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" Guys never really get over their toys. "
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" I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic. "
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" I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch. "
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" I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement. "
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" If you're a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I'm watching, you know, Netherlands soccer. "
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" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
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