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" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "
Michael Keaton
My Own
Choose
Whim
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" I'm a very private person. "
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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 used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor. "
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" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "
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Being
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" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "
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" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
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Jobs
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" I watch 'Morning Joe' occasionally. I used to watch a lot more than I do now, but I watched it, and all of a sudden, there was this love fest, for crying out loud - this inexplicable love fest one morning - for The Donald. "
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" Westerns were always my favorite things when I was little. And it always bothered me when cowboys were too clean in movies, or when they wore their guns like they had an outfit on. It always worked better when a guy looked sweaty and smelly; I hadda believe, I hadda believe that. "
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Better
" I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone. "
Michael Keaton
Zone
Actor
Just
" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
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Batman
Happened
" Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible. "
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Get
Well-Known
Horrible
" Chris Guest movies are funny. "
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Chris
Funny
Movies
" No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. "
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See
Movies
Own
" 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. "
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You
Comedy
Thought
" I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much. "
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Come
Background
You
" 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. "
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People
Thankful
Good
" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "
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Boy
Loved
Really
" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "
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Think
Scripts
Point
" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "
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Person
Who
Family
" I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key. "
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Never
Knew
Key
" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "
Michael Keaton
Wake Up
Up
Time
" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "
Michael Keaton
Worked
Pittsburgh
PBS
" 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.' "
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Know
Say
Thought
" Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport. "
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" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "
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Slowing
Down
Great
" I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room. "
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First
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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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Great
Genius
Always
" 'Beetlejuice' was a romp, man. 'Beetlejuice' was fun. I've never had so much fun in my life. "
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My Life
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" 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. "
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Movies
Hope
Sometimes