Top 100 Quotes About Keaton
#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. My thinking about plastic surgery is this. I haven't had it, but never say never. Because when you do, you are definitely going to go there.
Diane Keaton
#45. 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.
Michael Keaton
#46. I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection, getting the gag right.
Paul Merton
#47. Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?
Buster Keaton
#48. I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.
Diane Keaton
#49. I like to take long naps. I like long walks on the beach. The perfect day is back home, California, going to the beach with a couple of friends, laying out in the sunshine, get a nice bronze.
Keaton Stromberg
#50. You never had me, Keaton, but I always had you.
Courtney Lane
#51. There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny.
Michael Keaton
#52. Spidey was the one comic I read consistently throughout my childhood. As someone who grew up a nerd, scrawny, and picked on in high school, I related very strongly to Peter Parker.
Josh Keaton
#53. Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as opposed to fantasizing about doing something.
Diane Keaton
#54. Thanksgiving isn't the only thing that has changed. This makes it reassuring somehow to go through the same ritual with the people you're connected to. I guess the truth is, it all boils down to family. Right?
Diane Keaton
#56. I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.'
Michael Keaton
#57. I'd get scripts and think: 'What's the point of this?'
Michael Keaton
#58. I used to think that looking across a pillow into the fabulous face of Buster Keaton would be a more thrilling destiny than any screen career.
Anita Loos
#59. What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.
Buster Keaton
#60. Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.
Diane Keaton
#61. A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny.
Buster Keaton
#62. I have assessed my happiness ratio and this is the result. I am totally content whenever the ones I love are happy about something little, big, insignificant, whatever. I just don't think anyone could possibly have the same wonderful, intense, compelling feelings that I have for this family of mine.
Diane Keaton
#63. I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act.
Michael Keaton
#64. Jesus fucking Christ, not again! For God's sake, get your clothes on. M's here!" he scream-whispered
Elle Keaton
#65. And of course to work with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, and work with a wonderful, beautiful script directed by Nancy Meyers, it was really for me a dream come true.
Keanu Reeves
#66. If you're a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I'm watching, you know, Netherlands soccer.
Michael Keaton
#67. There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack of physicality, which is like a physicality.
Michael Keaton
#68. When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny.
Michael Keaton
#69. There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.'
Michael Keaton
#70. Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary
Diane Keaton
#71. I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know ... I just think of it as staying in the zone.
Michael Keaton
#72. I WISH I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LOVE YOU WITH ALITTLE LESS EFFORT.
Diane Keaton
#73. Sebastian's eyes were the color of smoke and silver. His pale skin, raven hair, and naturally dark red lips, paired with a rebel attitude and a poet's soul, pulled me in like a dark, magnetic force.
Kelly Keaton
#74. I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.
Michael Keaton
#75. He pressed his lips against hers and closing his own eyes, ignoring the pain in his side, and the uncertainty in his chest he mouthed,
'I love my Princess. I love my Jocelyn. Love you and only you from now until forever.
Julia Keaton
#76. I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.
Michael Keaton
#77. In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.
Michael Keaton
#78. I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her.
Cristin Milioti
#79. There is the theory ... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love.
Michael Keaton
#80. Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.
Michael Keaton
#81. Jocelyn. You'll keep your eyes on me, Princess. I want you to remember this. From now on whenever you look into my eyes I want you to remember how well we fit together.
Julia Keaton
#82. If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.
Michael Keaton
#83. 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.
Michael Keaton
#84. I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
Jackie Chan
#85. I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my past.
Diane Keaton
#86. I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.
Diane Keaton
#87. I don't think there's anybody better than Leonardo DiCaprio, and I've been saying that since before anyone knew who he was.
Michael Keaton
#88. Being a movie star is a rare job. Nobody gives you any guarantees that you'll get to do it forever. It's a very lucky and privileged position to be in.
Diane Keaton
#89. There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments ... brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible.
Kelly Keaton
#90. I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement.
Michael Keaton
#92. I reached a point where I didn't think I was that great. I'm not being humble. I was looking at things and thinking: 'You're not really good in that'. I think I was becoming boring as well as bored. It was nobody's fault except mine - probably - and it might not even be my fault.
Michael Keaton
#94. Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.
Diane Keaton
#95. Shoot, two things I said I wasn't going to do: Cry and give air quotes,
Michael Keaton
#96. Powell's Panic- a condition when one's been away from Powell's bookstore for too long.
Keaton
#97. I do believe in saving shoes. But that does not make me a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. But why not save them? Styles come back.
Diane Keaton
#98. I love Buster Keaton and I love physical comedy when it's done in an emotionally understated way. I just like to play it, and I need the attention.
Demetri Martin
#99. My first manager, he had left Germany when he was five, but he would joke about the Nazis. And I'd laugh, but I'd look at him, and he was the first one who told me, 'You know, funny is a powerful thing; it's a wonderful weapon.'
Michael Keaton
#100. I grew up on Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, and Buster Keaton, and those were the ones who inspired me.
Navid Negahban
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