Michael Keaton Quotes

Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. Its lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

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.

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

Dying is a really hard way to learn about life.

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

Shoot, two things I said I wasn't going to do: Cry and give air quotes.

Magna carta. Master charga.

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in Multiplicity.

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

Is this a great country, or what?

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

It's great to be young and insane.

From an art perspective, I dont know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, its 100% unique.

I'm willing to be representative. I'm just an actor. I'm just playing a role, so even if it is a person I do not like, I would do that.

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.

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

You tell me another gang that's got a dental plan.

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

The thing about me not doing superhero movies, that's not true at all. Movies are movies. You just go.

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.

I still really like newspapers. I'm gonna feel really sad when they go. Or not - maybe I'll be dead.

Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well.

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.

Have I ever been to a party with a ton of famous people in it? Yes, several times, so I guess that's a Hollywood lifestyle.

I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch.

If you're a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I'm watching, you know, Netherlands soccer.

All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite.