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" There're only a few photographers I've ever felt really comfortable with. "
Michael Keaton
Few
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Only
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" I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone. "
Michael Keaton
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" If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened. "
Michael Keaton
Batman
Happened
" 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.' "
Michael Keaton
Know
You
Remember
" 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.' "
Michael Keaton
Wild
Thought
Things
" I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key. "
Michael Keaton
Never
Knew
Key
" I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic. "
Michael Keaton
Yard
Got
Practicing
" I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema. "
Michael Keaton
Really
Potential
Cinema
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Look
Projects
You
" No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. "
Michael Keaton
See
Movies
Own
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Imagination
Think
Risks
" 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.' "
Michael Keaton
Know
Say
Thought
" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "
Michael Keaton
Sometimes
People
Shallow
" Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. "
Michael Keaton
How
You
Know
" Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry. "
Michael Keaton
Show Business
Industry
Show
" I find there are a few places where I like to meditate more than in other places. There's a little Catholic church that I go to, and there's another temple I go to - there are certain places where I just feel more comfortable. "
Michael Keaton
Temple
Church
Comfortable
" I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' "
Michael Keaton
Knew
Who
Never
" I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect. "
Michael Keaton
Partnership
Dogs
Want
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Day
Comfort
School
" 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. "
Michael Keaton
Good
Early
Family
" I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch. "
Michael Keaton
Sports
More
Watch
" People always make these generalized statements about Hollywood, and there's all kinds of people in Hollywood. "
Michael Keaton
Kinds
Make
People
" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "
Michael Keaton
Think
Scripts
Point
" You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' "
Michael Keaton
Get
You
Stuff
" Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!' "
Michael Keaton
Feel
Job
Sometimes
" I was so gullible as a kid. "
Michael Keaton
Gullible
Kid
" Day to day and doing the work and getting to that honest point - that, for me, is always about - and always will be as long as I do this - refining and refining and refining and refining the truth... constantly being as truthful and honest and raw and real as you can be. "
Michael Keaton
Day
Truth
Work
" To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it. "
Michael Keaton
Open
You
See
" I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters. "
Michael Keaton
Like
Working
Women
" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "
Michael Keaton
Slowing
Down
Great
" All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite. "
Michael Keaton
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