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" I went through a lazy period. "
Michael Keaton
Period
Lazy
Through
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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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" 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. "
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" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
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" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm usually pretty good in front of a live audience. I usually like that. "
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" I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie. "
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" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "
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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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" 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. "
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