American - Actor | September 5, 1951 -
There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with.
Michael Keaton
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The vast majority of Pittsburghers don't come from any kind of serious dough.
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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.
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Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic.
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I read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director.
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There're only a few photographers I've ever felt really comfortable with.
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Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention.
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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.
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To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it.
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I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.
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Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.
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I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic.
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