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" You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' "

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" I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid. "

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" I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?' "

" People always make these generalized statements about Hollywood, and there's all kinds of people in Hollywood. "

" 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. "

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

" It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more money or been more famous. I could be the current groovy guy. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down. "

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" Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention. "