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" From the time I was a kid, I was crazy about anything having to do with the West. I'd look at all of these photos of Montana, and they all seemed so magical and majestic. I just wanted to go west, and I finally did it when I was barely 21. I went off to volunteer at a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. "

Michael Keaton

Volunteer

Time

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" For years, I'd go to the movies and see guys doing Boston accents and think, 'Oh please, God, I hope I never have to do that.' "

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" I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.' "

" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "

" It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more money or been more famous. I could be the current groovy guy. "

" I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive. "

" I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. "

" I hope this doesn't sound pretentious, but I very often like the way Europeans make movies. I think sometimes that don't they care about having to clean certain things. "

" We had four guys in the family, so somebody was always hitting somebody or chasing somebody or getting mad or fighting or wrestling - that was just what you did. So when you're the youngest, it's good for you. You figure out real early how to get out of headlocks and holds. "

" The first feature film I did, when I did 'Night Shift,' I improvised quite a bit because I would improvise at the audition, so sometimes I would return to the original lines, and then when I was on set, I would improvise even more. "

" I get kinda self-conscious. I don't want to know about my eyebrows. I'm born with them. "

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" I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons just to keep you occupied.' Well, that brought everything to a screeching halt. 'Jeeze, dance lessons.' In retrospect, it would have been awesome, but then, 'Ugh, dancing - dancing's for sissies.' "

" Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy. "

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" If I'm going to meditate, there is a little church up in Montecito, California. It's an old Spanish mission, actually. I find it comforting in there. "

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" I'm just shocked and thankful that I've gotten away with everything - experimenting here, trying at this, failing at that, being good in some things, not so good in others. It's kind of amazing that people are still sticking by me. When they come up to me in the street, I just want to write them all cheques. "

" There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. "

" You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' "

" I like people-people rather than movie people. "

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" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "

" I was so gullible as a kid. "

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