Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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
Related Quotes:
" My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me. "
Michael Keaton
Single
Character
Different
" 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.' "
Michael Keaton
Know
You
Remember
" Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible. "
Michael Keaton
Get
Well-Known
Horrible
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
I Am
Over
Dark
" 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
" Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't. "
Michael Keaton
Loving
About
Go
" 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
" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "
Michael Keaton
Boy
Loved
Really
" My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests. "
Michael Keaton
Three
Experience
Kid
" To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys. "
Michael Keaton
Memories
Fond Memories
Toys
" I went through a lazy period. "
Michael Keaton
Period
Lazy
Through
" I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema. "
Michael Keaton
Really
Potential
Cinema
" 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 don't think there's anybody better than Leonardo DiCaprio, and I've been saying that since before anyone knew who he was. "
Michael Keaton
Saying
Think
Who
" 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
" David Letterman used to say, 'I wasn't the class clown, but I wrote for him,' and that's exactly it. You want to be known to be funny without having it pointed out. "
Michael Keaton
Class
Want
You
" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
Michael Keaton
Scrutiny
Jobs
Public
" 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
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Perspective
Unique
Art
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Myself
Busy
Day
" I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion. "
Michael Keaton
Out
Narcissism
Blown
" I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor. "
Michael Keaton
Because
Crew
Work
" No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. "
Michael Keaton
See
Movies
Own
" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "
Michael Keaton
Slowing
Down
Great
" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "
Michael Keaton
Person
Who
Family
" Day to day and doing the work and getting to that honest point - that, for me, is always about - and always will be as long as I do this - refining and refining and refining and refining the truth... constantly being as truthful and honest and raw and real as you can be. "
Michael Keaton
Day
Truth
Work
" Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. "
Michael Keaton
How
You
Know
" 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.' "
Michael Keaton
Doing
Think
Movies
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Day
Comfort
School
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Choices
Great
Famous