Michael Keaton

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

“'Birdman' has kinda... changed things. I'm not saying you won't see traditionally made movies any more. But I've had meetings with directors, and they've said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It's going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made.”

“Colbert makes me crazy: he's so funny. Plus, he seems like an extraordinarily decent dude.”

“I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.”

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

“Chris Guest movies are funny.”

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

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

“I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, in a really rundown old house. I'd stay out till 8:30, 9:00 at night. Just blow in. My mom and dad never really cared much. It was okay. We were pretty free to roam. I mean, I had no concept of stopping play. It just didn't occur to anyone.”

“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.'”

“'Birdman' is a very risky movie. I knew I wanted to do it just from watching Alejandro's other work. I told a friend, 'I would have done it based on 'Amores Perros' alone.'”

“Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't.”

“There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with.”

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

“I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key.”

“David Letterman used to say, 'I wasn't the class clown, but I wrote for him,' and that's exactly it. You want to be known to be funny without having it pointed out.”

“My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.”

“I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his moments, but I've not seen him; I've only seen bits and pieces on TV, so I can't really judge. Pierce looks very natural in the role.”

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