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" I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch. "
Michael Keaton
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" 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.' "
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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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" 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.' "
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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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" 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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" 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.' "
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" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "
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" I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid. "
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" I like people-people rather than movie people. "
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" In terms of the parallels, I've never related less to a character than Riggan. "
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" 'Beetlejuice' was a romp, man. 'Beetlejuice' was fun. I've never had so much fun in my life. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" In our family, my brothers and I shared toys. In other words, just because it was mine didn't mean my brothers and I didn't play with it. "
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" I'm a very private person. "
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" Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore. "
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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. "
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" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
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" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "
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" I try to not be or associate with elitists. "
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" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "
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" '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.' "
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" Technology, you know. I'm pretty horrible. I use it, but mostly I like to view it from afar. But I'm still fascinated by it. "
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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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