Michael Keaton Quotes

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.

Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.

I wish that my life could be like the movies, like 'Bonnie and Clyde' or 'The Hunger' or 'Harold and Maude.' And... it can be! It maybe just takes somebody else who is as fearless as you. It takes a person who will not hesitate.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage

In 'Kinky Boots,' I looked for moments to be bold, showing Lauren's gutsiness and smarts. She's a little bit kooky now, too, and I love me some kooky.

I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

It takes courage to pull the ball down and reverse field and do some of the crazy things that Favre and Manziel do. There's going to be consequences when sometimes it doesn't work out. But it takes a tremendous amount of guts and courage to go make a play when there's nothing there instead of throwing the ball away.

I am, what you call, an audacious man. I could walk into the room of Warren Buffet, and he may not give me the money. But I am positive that we would have a good meeting.

I'm not afraid of being told 'no.'

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.

Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

Audacity is central to everything I do. A lot of times I think my work is about just seeing if I can get away with it.

The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.

There's nothing I won't attempt.

You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.