Adam West Quotes
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I have no patience with dinosaurs.
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Batman had a certain speech pattern that I established because he was always Sherlock Holmes-ian. He was Basil Rathbone. In other words, he was always musing about something.
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You've got a guy in a cape and tights running around fighting crime 24-7; this is not normal. But it worked because the kids loved it and the adults laughed with it.
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I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with it.
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To be an icon... I guess that's a privilege.
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When you go to the Sistine Chapel with Sophia Loren, it can be quite some time before your thoughts turn to the ceiling.
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Not to be able to move around or do things without thinking - that's tough. I may end up that way, but if I do, I hope to hell my intellect will take over, and I'll find some kind of joy and a way to contribute.
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I come to Comic-Con in San Diego because this is where those fans are - those to whom I owe the longevity of my career.
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I am a simple man, though my wife says I am complicated. I'll trust her on that one.
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I'm like Madonna: I keep reinventing myself.
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I'm not a vindictive kind of guy.
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I've always been able to work. I think it's an actor's obligation to keep working if you can.
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I've been almost everywhere. But I've never been to the steppes of Latvia. It's something I've always wanted to do.
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I love to go home and do the chores and read.
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I like to make people laugh and have fun.
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If you're a plumber, you plumb. I'm an actor. I act.
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The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.
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It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of preserves your dignity but, at the same time, lets you play the theater of the absurd.
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I love to do voiceover because, for me, if you know what you're doing, it's simple. No makeup, no costuming, none of the baloney. None of the egos - you don't have to deal with all that crap. I love voiceovers.
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You have no idea the people I meet when I do these Comic-Cons. When I go sign autographs and say hello to people, I see everything!
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Any incarnation of 'Batman' I am delighted to do.
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I've hung on for a long time in this business and had some success, and I think it's keeping an open mind and being curious and having a sense of humor about oneself that's important.
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Isn't it fun to be nuts? Isn't it fun to be crazy?
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I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.