Michael Keaton quotes

Michael Keaton is an acclaimed American actor known for his versatility and dynamic performances. His most iconic roles include Batman in Tim Burton’s films and the lead in "Birdman," for which he received widespread critical acclaim. He continues to captivate audiences across film, television, and stage. Here are 18 of his quotes:

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

Michael Keaton

I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.

Michael Keaton

There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe.

Michael Keaton

To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys.

Michael Keaton

No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies.

Michael Keaton

I still really like newspapers. I'm gonna feel really sad when they go. Or not - maybe I'll be dead.

Michael Keaton

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

Michael Keaton

There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love.

Michael Keaton

I'm gonna do four or five of these movies, and it's going to become my career. I'll have to keep expanding the bat suit, because I get fatter every year. I'll be bankrupt. I'll be out opening shopping malls, going from appearance to appearance in a cheesy van.

Michael Keaton

Westerns were always my favorite things when I was little. And it always bothered me when cowboys were too clean in movies, or when they wore their guns like they had an outfit on. It always worked better when a guy looked sweaty and smelly; I hadda believe, I hadda believe that.

Michael Keaton

I probably could've done this earlier, if I was more ambitious.

Michael Keaton

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.'

Michael Keaton

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

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

Michael Keaton

Unless you're flat out dead, you have to think of some other questions like: what's on the other side? It brings up issues of God, or no God. How does he play into this? Or he, or she, or it? How does it all play into this?

Michael Keaton

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, "Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can." If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

Michael Keaton