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" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Good

Man

Movies

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Michael Keaton

Look

Powerful

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Responsibility

Mom

" I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk. "

" 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. "

" I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion. "

" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Love

Watch

" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "

" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "

" There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. "

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

" Colbert makes me crazy: he's so funny. Plus, he seems like an extraordinarily decent dude. "

Michael Keaton

Seems

" I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement. "

" 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. "

" I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.' "

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

Michael Keaton

Batman

Happened

" Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy. "

Michael Keaton

Crazy

" 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. "

" To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it. "

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

" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "

Michael Keaton

Wake Up

Time

" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive. "