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" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
Michael Keaton
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" Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. "
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" Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. "
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" I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid. "
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" To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys. "
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" Unless you're flat out dead, you have to think of some other questions like: what's on the other side? It brings up issues of God, or no God. How does he play into this? Or he, or she, or it? How does it all play into this? "
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" I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh. "
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" We had four guys in the family, so somebody was always hitting somebody or chasing somebody or getting mad or fighting or wrestling - that was just what you did. So when you're the youngest, it's good for you. You figure out real early how to get out of headlocks and holds. "
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" I have some tremendous, tremendously loving, generous friends all over the world. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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.' "
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" Guys never really get over their toys. "
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" I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk. "
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" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "
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" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
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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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" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "
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" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "
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" 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!' "
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" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "
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" 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. "
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" 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! "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well. "
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