Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Stand

Always

Hard

" 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. "

" I had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs. "

" 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. "

" I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters. "

Michael Keaton

Working

Women

" 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. "

" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "

" I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, in a really rundown old house. I'd stay out till 8:30, 9:00 at night. Just blow in. My mom and dad never really cared much. It was okay. We were pretty free to roam. I mean, I had no concept of stopping play. It just didn't occur to anyone. "

" Actors will say 'yes' to anything. "

" Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention. "

Michael Keaton

Who

Someone

" I've proven I'm courageous. I'm gutsier than anybody; I've got a better imagination than anybody; I'm essentially more creative than any other actor I know, and I've proven I take risks. I don't think I need to prove anything to myself any more. "

" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I reached a point where I didn't think I was that great. I'm not being humble. I was looking at things and thinking: 'You're not really good in that'. I think I was becoming boring as well as bored. It was nobody's fault except mine - probably - and it might not even be my fault. "

" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "

" I still really like newspapers. I'm gonna feel really sad when they go. Or not - maybe I'll be dead. "

Michael Keaton

Still

Feel

" 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. "

" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Love

Watch

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

" 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. "

" Chris Nolan is great, but I've never seen any of the 'Batman' movies all the way through. I know they're good. I just have zero interest in those kinds of movies. "

" 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. "

" I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid. "

" I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema. "

" I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act. "

" Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't. "

Michael Keaton

Loving

About

" To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys. "

" 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! "

Michael Keaton

Ground

Awesome

" One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity. "