Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton is an American actor, film producer, film director, and singer, born on September 5, 1951, in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
Keaton attended Montour High School before continuing his education at Kent State University. His professional practice has extended across film, television, and voice acting, with work as both a character actor and a dub actor reflecting the range of performance modes he has taken on throughout his career.
Among the honors Keaton has received, he was named an Officer of Arts and Letters, a distinction conferred in recognition of contributions to the arts. He also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists presented him with their Award for Best Actor, acknowledging a specific performance that drew critical recognition.
Keaton's career spans multiple entertainment disciplines — film acting, television acting, voice acting, producing, and directing — and his identity as a character actor runs alongside his broader work as a film and television presence. These overlapping roles, accumulated across decades of English-language production, form the consistent shape of his professional life.
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We had four guys in the family, so somebody was always hitting somebody or chasing somebody or getting mad or fighting or wrestling - that was just what you did. So when you're the youngest, it's good for you. You figure out real early how to get out of headlocks and holds.
Day to day and doing the work and getting to that honest point - that, for me, is always about - and always will be as long as I do this - refining and refining and refining and refining the truth... constantly being as truthful and honest and raw and real as you can be.
All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite.
'Birdman' has kinda... changed things. I'm not saying you won't see traditionally made movies any more. But I've had meetings with directors, and they've said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It's going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made.
'Birdman' is a very risky movie. I knew I wanted to do it just from watching Alejandro's other work. I told a friend, 'I would have done it based on 'Amores Perros' alone.'
I'm just shocked and thankful that I've gotten away with everything - experimenting here, trying at this, failing at that, being good in some things, not so good in others. It's kind of amazing that people are still sticking by me. When they come up to me in the street, I just want to write them all cheques.
I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect.
