<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" Michael Keaton resurrected his career and our undying love for him\u00A0last year with Birdman. The actor has gamely attended just about every single\u00A0awards show over the past few months, including lesser-known ones\u00A0like the Critics&amp;#039; Choice Movie Awards, and he&amp;#039;s been open and funny every\u00A0time he&amp;#039;s gone onstage or spoken to the press. His reign of triumph\u00A0comes to an end tonight at the Oscars, so it&amp;#039;s no wonder Keaton took\u00A0yesterday&amp;#039;s Independent Spirit Awards as a chance to fully enjoy it\u00A0all. During the show, hosts Kristen Bell and Fred Armisen took several\u00A0chances to poke fun at Keaton, including an &amp;quot;Inner Monologue Camera&amp;quot;\u00A0segment in which Armisen feigned Keaton&amp;#039;s thoughts in a voiceover. At one\u00A0point, Bell came to the stage and asked for the owner of a Batmobile with the plates &amp;quot;Keaton Rules&amp;quot; to please move it. Keaton leapt from his seat and ran across the room. His finest work yesterday, though, happened offcamera when he\u00A0came backstage with Birdman director Alejandro Gonz\u00E1lez I\u00F1\u00E1rritu and several fellow cast members to celebrate their wins. His quippy responses to the reporters&amp;#039;s questions make us want him to win tonight even more. Or for him to pursue a career in standup. Read his best quotes from last night\u00A0below. What was it like working with Alejandro? He had no idea what he was doing. Zach [Galifianakis] basically\u00A0directed the movie. Were you able to relate to the character right away? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I&amp;#039;m a human being. You guys [Keaton and I\u00F1\u00E1rritu] have been together a lot at\u00A0awards stuff... Yeah, I&amp;#039;m so fucking bored of him. What are you going to miss most about it? I&amp;#039;m going to miss all of it. I really enjoyed it. I&amp;#039;ll be in\u00A0the fetal position, bawling, three months from now, missing it\u00A0probably. Do you have any thoughts going into the Oscars tomorrow? More tequila! Do we have any more tequila? What did you learn about Mexico when working\u00A0with a Mexican director? Yes, here&amp;#039;s what I learned. I understand everything they say!\u00A0The whole time they thought I didn&amp;#039;t know! But no, no, passion. I\u00A0don&amp;#039;t know if that&amp;#039;s part of the culture or not, but he&amp;#039;s a very\u00A0passionate guy. Alejandro, why was Michael the right actor to play this role? [Keaton:]\u00A0Did you see Batman? Have you started thinking about the next phase of your career? I&amp;#039;m not doing anything with any of these people. Never again.\u00A0Actually getting a check\u2014that&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;m looking forward to. Where will your award be going? Keaton: [to Emma Stone] That&amp;#039;s for you. Stone: I didn&amp;#039;t win an award. Keaton: Oh, right. Michael, where will you put the award from today? Next to the Pulitzer. And the potential Oscar? Right next to the Nobel Prize. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a33264/michael-keaton-quotes-independent-spirit-awards-2015/>