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" I still really like newspapers. I'm gonna feel really sad when they go. Or not - maybe I'll be dead. "
Michael Keaton
Still
Go
Feel
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" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
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" Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry. "
Michael Keaton
Show Business
Industry
Show
" 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
" 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
" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "
Michael Keaton
Think
Scripts
Point
" I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. "
Michael Keaton
Think
Just
Frustration
" 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
" Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention. "
Michael Keaton
Who
Someone
Like
" I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' "
Michael Keaton
Knew
Who
Never
" I never wanted to play the short game. "
Michael Keaton
Never
Short
Game
" '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
" 'Beetlejuice' was a romp, man. 'Beetlejuice' was fun. I've never had so much fun in my life. "
Michael Keaton
My Life
Fun
Life
" Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore. "
Michael Keaton
Celebrity
Big
Big Deal
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Think
Humble
Good
" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "
Michael Keaton
Slowing
Down
Great
" I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema. "
Michael Keaton
Really
Potential
Cinema
" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
Michael Keaton
Scrutiny
Jobs
Public
" Chris Guest movies are funny. "
Michael Keaton
Chris
Funny
Movies
" '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 liked going to Catholic school. "
Michael Keaton
School
Catholic
Catholic School
" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "
Michael Keaton
Wonderful
Being
Involved
" I went through a lazy period. "
Michael Keaton
Period
Lazy
Through
" 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
Up
Ground
Awesome
" 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
" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "
Michael Keaton
Move
Art
Generally
" I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act. "
Michael Keaton
Around
Act
Club
" I was so gullible as a kid. "
Michael Keaton
Gullible
Kid
" In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.' "
Michael Keaton
Humor
Simple
Thankful
" Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible. "
Michael Keaton
Get
Well-Known
Horrible