Michael Keaton Quotes

“Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is.”

— Michael Keaton

“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.'”

— Michael Keaton

“I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes.”

— 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'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.

— Michael Keaton

“Guys never really get over their toys.”

— Michael Keaton

“High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun.”

— Michael Keaton

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

— Michael Keaton

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

— Michael Keaton

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

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

— 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

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

— Michael Keaton

Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.

— Michael Keaton

“Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.”

— Michael Keaton

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

— Michael Keaton

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

— Michael Keaton

“I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement.”

— Michael Keaton

“I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.”

— Michael Keaton

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

— Michael Keaton

“I get kinda self-conscious. I don't want to know about my eyebrows. I'm born with them.”

— Michael Keaton

I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act.

— Michael Keaton

I like people-people rather than movie people.

— Michael Keaton

“I liked going to Catholic school.”

— Michael Keaton

I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema.

— Michael Keaton

“I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters.”

— Michael Keaton

“I try to not be or associate with elitists.”

— Michael Keaton

“If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.”

— 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

“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.”

— Michael Keaton

“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

“The vast majority of Pittsburghers don't come from any kind of serious dough.”

— Michael Keaton

“There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny.”

— Michael Keaton

“There just is not one person in my family who is not funny.”

— Michael Keaton

“There're only a few photographers I've ever felt really comfortable with.”

— Michael Keaton

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

— Michael Keaton

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

— Michael Keaton

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.

— Michael Keaton

“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

“I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies.”

— Michael Keaton

“I'm the seventh child of George and Leona Douglas, and I don't ever remember a time when my father didn't work two jobs. When my mother was going to the grocery, or going to Mass, or trying to take care of seven kids in a run-down farmhouse.”

— 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

“When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny.”

— Michael Keaton

“Ahhh ... It's good to be young and insane.”

— Michael Keaton

“It's odd, how those things happen to actors. A thing where you think, "I have no idea how to do this," something will happen in your life comes up and you just get it. I don't know how you get it, but actors are pretty extraordinary, in that regard. I think it's fear that happens.”

— Michael Keaton

“Small movie, small role, giant movie, giant role. Work is work. You've got to tell the truth and show up.”

— Michael Keaton

“I performed stand-up because I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. My set was never joke-centric. It was a performance.”

— Michael Keaton

Is this a great country, or what?

— Michael Keaton

“I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for even having a comedy category.”

— Michael Keaton