Michael P. Keaton Quotes & Sayings

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

Is this a great country, or what? — Michael Keaton

Dogberry: Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this. — Michael Keaton

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. — Michael Keaton

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

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.' — Michael Keaton

I'm a really sensitive person. I cry if I miss a cab. I've always worn my emotions on my sleeve. I think it makes life so much better when you can talk about anything. — Michael Keaton

I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. — Michael Keaton

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

I'm claustrophobic. — Michael Keaton

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport. — Michael Keaton

Generally, I move in the direction of art. — Michael Keaton

No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. — Michael Keaton

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

There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. — Michael Keaton

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

Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. — Tom Hiddleston

It's great to be young and insane. — Michael Keaton

If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny. — Michael Keaton

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. — Michael Keaton

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. — Michael Keaton

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' — Michael Keaton

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! — Michael Keaton

My idols are Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Keaton, John Goodman. Maybe that's what I want for me. — Breckin Meyer

People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it. — Michael Keaton

You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.' — Michael Keaton

Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name. — Michael Keaton

If I'm going to meditate, there is a little church up in Montecito, California. It's an old Spanish mission, actually. I find it comforting in there. — Michael Keaton

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters. — Michael Keaton