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" I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema. "
Michael Keaton
Really
Potential
Cinema
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" There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.' "
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You
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" '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
" 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
" I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room. "
Michael Keaton
Hotel
First
Hotel Room
" I liked going to Catholic school. "
Michael Keaton
School
Catholic
Catholic School
" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "
Michael Keaton
Move
Art
Generally
" Leaving a lot of movie sets, I've gone home and said, 'How come my hands are clean?' I should finish something and go home with dirt in my fingernails, because then you really feel that you've done something. "
Michael Keaton
You
Finish
Home
" When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny. "
Michael Keaton
Loved
People
Funny
" High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun. "
Michael Keaton
You
Brain
Energy
" I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid. "
Michael Keaton
Outside
How
Know
" I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his moments, but I've not seen him; I've only seen bits and pieces on TV, so I can't really judge. Pierce looks very natural in the role. "
Michael Keaton
Looks
Judge
Good
" 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
" 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
" Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. "
Michael Keaton
How
You
Know
" Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!' "
Michael Keaton
Feel
Job
Sometimes
" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "
Michael Keaton
Worked
Pittsburgh
PBS
" People always make these generalized statements about Hollywood, and there's all kinds of people in Hollywood. "
Michael Keaton
Kinds
Make
People
" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "
Michael Keaton
Sometimes
People
Shallow
" I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' "
Michael Keaton
Knew
Who
Never
" I like people-people rather than movie people. "
Michael Keaton
People
Than
Like
" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "
Michael Keaton
Wonderful
Being
Involved
" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
Michael Keaton
Scrutiny
Jobs
Public
" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "
Michael Keaton
My Own
Choose
Whim
" 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
" I never wanted to play the short game. "
Michael Keaton
Never
Short
Game
" 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
" Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't. "
Michael Keaton
Loving
About
Go
" 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 was so gullible as a kid. "
Michael Keaton
Gullible
Kid
" 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