American - Actor | September 19, 1928 - June 9, 2017
I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.
Adam West
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When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.
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I come to Comic-Con in San Diego because this is where those fans are - those to whom I owe the longevity of my career.
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I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with it.
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Crummy pictures, live appearances, circuses, avant garde theater, dinner theater. I've done it all. I've been shot out of cannons. I know what the people want. I'm out there with the people.
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I don't want to be Batman. Let Val Kilmer do it. I just want to be Uncle Batman. I have this whole 'warm relationship' plot in my mind. In the final scenes, the new Batmobile breaks down, the new Batman's stranded on the side of the road. We grab our old Batmobile, pick him up and drive away.
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I've always shied away from 'Where are they now?' shows, because I've been lucky enough to keep working, and people know where I am.
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You've got a guy in a cape and tights running around fighting crime 24-7; this is not normal. But it worked because the kids loved it and the adults laughed with it.
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Batman had a certain speech pattern that I established because he was always Sherlock Holmes-ian. He was Basil Rathbone. In other words, he was always musing about something.
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If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.
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I'm not a vindictive kind of guy.
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I think it's an actor's job, if you can, to keep working and to keep using that muscle. First of all, you've got to pay the bills, but it also helps you develop.
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