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

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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. "

" I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic. "

" Chris Guest movies are funny. "

" I liked going to Catholic school. "

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" 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. "

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

" I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies. "

" 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. "

" There're only a few photographers I've ever felt really comfortable with. "

" My first manager, he had left Germany when he was five, but he would joke about the Nazis. And I'd laugh, but I'd look at him, and he was the first one who told me, 'You know, funny is a powerful thing; it's a wonderful weapon.' "

" People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it. "

" 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. "

" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "

" I don't think there's anybody better than Leonardo DiCaprio, and I've been saying that since before anyone knew who he was. "

" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "

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

" I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key. "

" I saw some Pixar movies like 'The Incredibles' and thought, 'This is extraordinary. These are some of the best movies I've seen.' "

" No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better. "

" If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny. "

" Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore. "

" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "