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" There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. "
Michael Keaton
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" I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room. "
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" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs. "
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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 was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "
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" The vast majority of Pittsburghers don't come from any kind of serious dough. "
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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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" 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. "
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