Adam West Quotes
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I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.
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I have become convinced that everything that is classy doesn't go away.
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I like Christian Bale. I've heard he's a big fan of mine, but I certainly reciprocate. I think he's really very good.
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I have the curse of thinking funny!
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All I know is that my fans have been really wonderful and affectionate.
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When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.
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I'm a fan of anything that's good, especially when it's conscientiously good.
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There were definitely times when I regretted ever being Batman.
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I'm very lucky. I do voiceovers, 'Family Guy,' on and on, and quite frankly, I'm one of the luckiest actors in the world. I was able to create a character who became iconic.
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When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.
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Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'
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There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
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Oh, it's fun to be an icon!
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My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.
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In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.
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I think it's an actor's job, if you can, to keep working and to keep using that muscle. First of all, you've got to pay the bills, but it also helps you develop.
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Typecasting is really rampant in Hollywood, and because I played a costumed character and did it successfully, it was a real stigma.
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How many actors have a shot at being a part of something that became a part of pop culture? It's been very rewarding. I'm not getting the 20 million bucks for the new movies, but at least I'm getting warmth and recognition from people wherever I go.
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In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.
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I am a private person. I don't need a lot of company. And I find it really, really difficult to talk about myself.
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If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.
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My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero.
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Favorite Bat-gadget was probably the Batboat, because it was fun to get out on the ocean and run that thing around at high speed.
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I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.