Top 46 Best Keaton Quotes
#1. My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.
Diane Keaton
#2. 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
#3. 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
#4. My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests.
Michael Keaton
#7. The last thing I remember from last night was blabbing to Penny about how much I love Michael Keaton as Batman before someone must have ushered me off to bed.
Karina Halle
#8. Nothing is ever the same. Nothing is permanent. Nothing can be trusted to be there. Nothing is safe, including home. Why lie to yourself? Every day we leave something, someone, some observation behind.
Diane Keaton
#9. I saw some Pixar movies like 'The Incredibles' and thought, 'This is extraordinary. These are some of the best movies I've seen.'
Michael Keaton
#10. Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets.
Diane Keaton
#11. My idols are Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Keaton, John Goodman. Maybe that's what I want for me.
Breckin Meyer
#12. 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
#13. Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.
Tom Hiddleston
#14. I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.
Diane Keaton
#15. 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
#16. Why black and white? Because color can be too demanding.
Diane Keaton
#17. I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice.
Michael Keaton
#18. Meeting another doctor with a degree different than your own, presents you with the opportunity to expand your knowledge.
J. Alec Keaton
#20. 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
#21. I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch.
Michael Keaton
#22. Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm.
Clint Eastwood
#23. The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
John Cleese
#24. I do not really think Charlie knows much more about politics, history, or economics than I do. Like myself he was hit by a make-up towel almost before he was out of diapers.
Buster Keaton
#25. I think being a dragon would be pretty awesome ... you get to fly.
Josh Keaton
#26. Acting is reacting ... there's a magic when you're working with another actor. With voice acting, you're doing it alone, all in your head. So, you have to re-create that essence by yourself. It's not necessarily more difficult. It's just a different set of skills.
Josh Keaton
#27. I hope this doesn't sound pretentious, but I very often like the way Europeans make movies. I think sometimes that don't they care about having to clean certain things.
Michael Keaton
#28. 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
#29. The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.
Diane Keaton
#30. I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world.
Michael Keaton
#31. Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me.
Diane Keaton
#32. As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.
Diane Keaton
#33. I was mad at the time, or I would never have done the thing.
Buster Keaton
#34. I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim.
Michael Keaton
#36. 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
#37. I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.'
Michael Keaton
#38. I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.
Diane Keaton
#39. The best relationships develop out of friendships.
Diane Keaton
#40. I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.
Neil Patrick Harris
#41. When I was young, I wanted my appearance to be more interesting than what surrounded me. Now the body part I like best is my eyes, because they bring beauty to me.
Diane Keaton
#42. This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full.
Diane Keaton
#43. Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd.
Buster Keaton
#44. Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.
Diane Keaton
#45. Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the '80s.
Quentin Tarantino
#46. Chaplin and Keaton are still the best. They know that there is nothing more serious than laughter, an art demanding infinite work, and that as long as the world revolves, making others laugh is the most splendid of activities.
Eduardo Galeano
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