Keaton Quotes

Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well. ~ Michael Keaton

I think being a dragon would be pretty awesome ... you get to fly. ~ Josh Keaton

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

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

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive. ~ Michael Keaton

Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon. ~ Diane Keaton

Beauty is a type of art everyone is trying to perfect, but no one realizes it's abstract art. ~ Keaton Stromberg

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

When it was announced that Michael Keaton was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When they announced that Val Kilmer was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that George Clooney was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that Christian Bale was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. And everyone was mad about Ben Affleck. So every single incarnation, people are going to be mad; you just can't do anything about it. ~ Baron Vaughn

If I was to model after someone's career, I would want to model after Justin Timberlake's career. ~ Keaton Stromberg

I wanted to stay... me. ~ Kelly Keaton

Before I opened my computer in the parking lot today, I relived one of my favorite memories. It's the one with Woody and me sitting on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum after it's closed. We're watching people parade out of the museum in summer shorts and sandals. The trees to the south are planted in parallel lines. The water in the fountain shoots up with a mist that almost reaches the steps we sit on. We look at silver-haired ladies in red-and-white-print dresses. We separate the mice from the men, the tourists from the New Yorkers, the Upper East Siders from the West Siders. The hot-pretzel vendor sells us a wad of dough in knots with clumps of salt stuck on top. We make our usual remarks about the crazies and wonder what it would be like to live in a penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking the Met. We laugh and say the same things we always say. We hold hands and keep sitting, just sitting, as the sun beings to set. It's a perfect afternoon. ~ Diane Keaton

It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more money or been more famous. I could be the current groovy guy. ~ Michael Keaton

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

Thanks to Bruce and Casey, I could operate six different firearms, drop a two-hundred-pound asshole to the floor in three seconds, and cuff a perp with one hand tied behind my back.

And they called it "family time. ~ Kelly Keaton

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful. ~ Andie MacDowell

I know of only six genuine comic geniuses in movie history; Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Groucho Marx & Harpo Marx, Peter Sellers, and W.C. Fields. ~ Woody Allen

I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. ~ Michael Keaton

and how can the lines be affecting your soul
when you're too busy reading between them ~ Keaton Henson

Pretty is a self-serving situation in which it's all about you. People who are pretty are superficial, but they are not beautiful. Beauty requires more depth. ~ Diane Keaton

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder are mirrors a waste of time? ~ Diane Keaton

Jesus fucking Christ, not again! For God's sake, get your clothes on. M's here!" he scream-whispered ~ Elle Keaton

And if there is sweeter music this side of heaven I haven't heard it. ~ Buster Keaton

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives. ~ Diane Keaton

I don't know what you've been smoking, Henri, or what world you're living in, but no one tell us what to do. ~ Kelly Keaton

Generally, I move in the direction of art. ~ Michael Keaton

I think a lot of art is trying to make someone love you. ~ Keaton Henson

I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room. ~ Michael Keaton

I have some tremendous, tremendously loving, generous friends all over the world. ~ 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

The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises ... the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment. ~ Buster Keaton

I grew up nerdy, scrawny, playing video games, and getting picked on. ~ Josh Keaton

My old boyfriend, Warren Beatty, used to say I was a late developer,' she reflects. 'He was right. It took me 50 years to find motherhood and unconditional love.' ~ Diane Keaton

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence. ~ Josh Keaton

Stephen Shadley is a great collaborator. Over the years I've seen him work with a wide variety of clients and stylistic approaches. He listens to people in a way that makes them feel like they're part of the process. Steve is an inspiration on all fronts, and, believe me, that's a rare quality. ~ Diane Keaton

I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies. ~ Michael Keaton

The dads in those tv shows spend a great deal of time talking to their kids in their living rooms. Steven Keaton - the dad of my dreams - seems to do nothing but sit on his couch or at his kitchen table talking to his children about their myriad teenage calamities. He listens and listens to his kids and he pours glasses of orange juice and hands them to his kids as he listens some more. He tells his kids he loves them by telling his kids he loves them. Dad tells me he loves me when he forms a pistol out of this forefinger and thumb and points it at me as he farts. He tells us he loves us by showing us the tattoo we never knew he had on the inside of his bottom lip: Fuck you. ~ Trent Dalton

I thought you weren't supposed to open Pandora's Box."
He shrugged. "Wouldn't know about that. Probably just a myth."
I lifted an eyebrow. "Really. Just a myth," I said in a flat tone, and waved a hand at him. "Says the warlock vampire to the gorgon."
A slow grin drew his lips apart. "I see your point. ~ Kelly Keaton

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

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

Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times. ~ Edward McPherson

Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me. ~ Diane Keaton

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

Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name. ~ Michael Keaton

I try to not be or associate with elitists. ~ Michael Keaton

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

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind. ~ Buster Keaton

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. ~ Michael Keaton

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more. ~ Diane Keaton

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled. ~ Diane Keaton

My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to school where it was cold, it smelled, the lighting was bad. ~ Michael Keaton

[Women photographers] provide an inspiring reminder to all women that the choice to see, or be seen, is ours. We live in a culture in which this decision is undermined by the notion that the single most valuable contribution a woman can make is to be visually attractive. Women photographers make a strong case for seeing and an even stronger case for recording what you see. ~ Diane Keaton

I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons just to keep you occupied.' Well, that brought everything to a screeching halt. 'Jeeze, dance lessons.' In retrospect, it would have been awesome, but then, 'Ugh, dancing - dancing's for sissies.' ~ Michael Keaton

I'd come here to fuck Ashleigh Keaton. There was no way in hell I was staying out. ~ Annabel Joseph

I glanced up into round black eyes, ringed in yellow, but in some small part I saw humanity there. Sadness. It blinked. "Made," it said quietly, almost ashamed. ~ Kelly Keaton

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself. ~ Diane Keaton

I am absolutely intrigued by life, and I really want to hold onto it. ~ Diane Keaton

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

You can see. Seeing is believing. Seeing is the gift that keeps giving. It's much more engaging than being seen. ~ Diane Keaton

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. ~ Diane Keaton

Yes, tell us, Ari. Tell us what you have seen."

Athena.

Dead flowers and flashing emerald beads threaded through her tangled, upswept hair.

A hard swallow went down down my throat, followed by a tightening of every muscle I possessed. All the emotions of my vision boiled over, as fresh and furious as they'd been a few moments ago. "You should know, you petty piece of shit. ~ Kelly Keaton

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

Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that. ~ Zooey Deschanel

The best relationships develop out of friendships. ~ Diane Keaton

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

I WISH I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LOVE YOU WITH ALITTLE LESS EFFORT. ~ Diane Keaton

Got it," Keaton said. "You stay here. I'll do recon. If I'm not back in ten minutes, assume I've been captured. Save yourself." Keaton started across the hotel lobby. He seemed to be walking as if the theme music to Mission Impossible played in the background. Ben rolled his eyes. Maybe if he tackled the guy he could get his twenty back. ~ Anonymous

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking. ~ Diane Keaton

I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from. ~ Diane Keaton

Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton began in 1980s soap operas and 1970s sitcoms, respectively, such ancient history by show business standards that you need carbon dating to measure their careers. ~ Steve Erickson

In our family, my brothers and I shared toys. In other words, just because it was mine didn't mean my brothers and I didn't play with it. ~ Michael Keaton

I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life. ~ Josh Gad

I'm claustrophobic. ~ Michael Keaton

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport. ~ Michael Keaton

Chris Guest movies are funny. ~ Michael Keaton

Diane Keaton was a big role model for me. ~ Andie MacDowell

There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments ... brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible. ~ Kelly Keaton

How's your scratch, Henri?" I asked.
He snorted and leaned against the dresser. "You mean the shotgun blast in my side? It's wonderful. I have about eighty pellet-size scars to show for it."
"Dude," Dub said, plopping down in one of the chairs, "Who gets shot with their own gun? Embarrassing, if you ask me."
Henri gave Dub's chair a hard shove with his foot. Dub laughed, and Henri rolled his eyes. ~ Kelly Keaton

I thought you were supposed to teach me, not try to kill me," I forced out through my sore throat.
"Semantics." He flicked a glance at the clock and smirked, telling me with a look exactly how much damage he could do in the next four minutes. ~ Kelly Keaton

I'd love to do live-action superheroes. And you know, I boxed for several years. I have some martial arts experience. ~ Josh Keaton

You both love Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Hawthorne and Melville, Flaubert and Stendahl, but at that stage of your life you cannot stomach Henry James, while Gwyn argues that he is the giant of giants, the colossus who makes all other novelists look like pygmies. You are in complete harmony about the greatness of Kafka and Beckett, but when you tell her that Celine belongs in their company, she laughs at you and calls him a fascist maniac. Wallace Stevens yes, but next in line for you is William Carlos Williams, not T.S. Eliot, whose work Gwyn can recite from memory. You defend Keaton, she defends Chaplin, and while you both howl at the sight of the Marx Brothers, your much-adored W.C. Fields cannot coax a single smile from her. Truffaut at his best touches you both, but Gwyn finds Godard pretentious and you don't, and while she lauds Bergman and Antonioni as twin masters of the universe, you reluctantly tell her that you are bored by their films. No conflicts about classical music, with J.S. Bach at the top of the list, but you are becoming increasingly interested in jazz, while Gwyn still clings to the frenzy of rock and roll, which has stopped saying much of anything to you. She likes to dance, and you don't. She laughs more than you do and smokes less. She is a freer, happier person than you are, and whenever you are with her, the world seems brighter and more welcoming, a place where your sullen, introverted self can almost begin to feel at home. ~ Paul Auster

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

My brothers were tremendous shack builders. My shacks were horrible. My brothers once built a two-story shack from the ground up that was awesome! ~ Michael Keaton

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary ~ Diane Keaton

I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act. ~ Michael Keaton

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

When life gives you lemons, ask for lemonade powder because you don't know how to make lemonade with lemons. ~ Keaton Witmer-Gautsch

From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique. ~ Michael Keaton

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

One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity. ~ Michael Keaton

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

I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. ~ Michael Keaton

I think of Mike Myers as the Buster Keaton of today. I think he's brought us something so special. ~ Robert Wagner

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy. ~ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow. ~ Emily Perkins

Ahhh ... It's good to be young and insane. ~ Michael Keaton

Why black and white? Because color can be too demanding. ~ Diane Keaton

I don't want blood to rule my life like it does some. Once you take it, it's like a drug." He stared out the window to the masked revelers in the courtyard. "Warm, rich, never enough."
I nodded, fidgeting with my mask. "Kind of like chocolate." I tried to hold in my grin. Casey always said I had a weird sense of humour that came at the oddest times.

He blinked before bursting into laughter. He had the nicest laugh and the most incredible smile I'd ever seen. It lit his grey eyes and sliced attractive little dimples into his cheeks. "Yeah. I guess it is like chocolate. ~ Kelly Keaton

your life is a book
it is more than its first and last page
and is mostly made up of 'and's and 'the's ~ Keaton Henson

I get kinda self-conscious. I don't want to know about my eyebrows. I'm born with them. ~ Michael Keaton