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" 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. "

Michael Keaton

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Character

Different

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Michael Keaton

Gullible

Kid

" I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect. "

" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "

" I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight. "

" For years, I'd go to the movies and see guys doing Boston accents and think, 'Oh please, God, I hope I never have to do that.' "

" 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 try to not be or associate with elitists. "

Michael Keaton

Try

Associate

" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack of physicality, which is like a physicality. "

Michael Keaton

Character

Give

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

" From the time I was a kid, I was crazy about anything having to do with the West. I'd look at all of these photos of Montana, and they all seemed so magical and majestic. I just wanted to go west, and I finally did it when I was barely 21. I went off to volunteer at a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. "

" 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? "

" To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys. "

" 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.' "

" Guys never really get over their toys. "

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

" The first feature film I did, when I did 'Night Shift,' I improvised quite a bit because I would improvise at the audition, so sometimes I would return to the original lines, and then when I was on set, I would improvise even more. "

" 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 read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director. "

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

" I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room. "

" 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. "

Michael Keaton

Outfit

Better

" I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't. "

Michael Keaton

Loving

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