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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. "
Michael Keaton
Great
Genius
Always
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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. "
Michael Keaton
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Man
Movies
" There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love. "
Michael Keaton
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You
Two
" 'Birdman' has kinda... changed things. I'm not saying you won't see traditionally made movies any more. But I've had meetings with directors, and they've said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It's going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made. "
Michael Keaton
Hate
You
Saying
" Chris Guest movies are funny. "
Michael Keaton
Chris
Funny
Movies
" There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack of physicality, which is like a physicality. "
Michael Keaton
Like
Character
Give
" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "
Michael Keaton
Wonderful
Being
Involved
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Good
Early
Family
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
People
Thankful
Good
" I used to say no to almost everything because I thought, 'I've got enough dough, I know what I want to do, and I know what I'm capable of.' "
Michael Keaton
Know
Say
Thought
" People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it. "
Michael Keaton
Write
Talk
Really
" Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well. "
Michael Keaton
Good
Any
Movies
" One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity. "
Michael Keaton
Thing
One Thing
Nose
" To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it. "
Michael Keaton
Open
You
See
" I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect. "
Michael Keaton
Partnership
Dogs
Want
" 'Birdman' is a very risky movie. I knew I wanted to do it just from watching Alejandro's other work. I told a friend, 'I would have done it based on 'Amores Perros' alone.' "
Michael Keaton
Alone
Done
Friend
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Movies
Hope
Sometimes
" I read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director. "
Michael Keaton
You
Comedy
Thought
" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
Michael Keaton
Batman
Happened
" I find there are a few places where I like to meditate more than in other places. There's a little Catholic church that I go to, and there's another temple I go to - there are certain places where I just feel more comfortable. "
Michael Keaton
Temple
Church
Comfortable
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Original
Night
Sometimes
" If you look at what I do, there's no consistency. The consistency is that there is no consistency. I do projects that are good and not so good. "
Michael Keaton
Look
Projects
You
" I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' "
Michael Keaton
Knew
Who
Never
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Church
Old
Mission
" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
Michael Keaton
Try
Associate
" The vast majority of Pittsburghers don't come from any kind of serious dough. "
Michael Keaton
Come
Kind
Majority
" I'm the seventh child of George and Leona Douglas, and I don't ever remember a time when my father didn't work two jobs. When my mother was going to the grocery, or going to Mass, or trying to take care of seven kids in a run-down farmhouse. "
Michael Keaton
Mother
Care
Work
" I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key. "
Michael Keaton
Never
Knew
Key
" I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment. "
Michael Keaton
Sports
Saying
Moment
" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
Michael Keaton
Scrutiny
Jobs
Public
" If you're a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I'm watching, you know, Netherlands soccer. "
Michael Keaton
You
Me
Dope