Adam West

Actor

168 Quotes

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.

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.

People love Batman, and I would be stupid, I would be a fool if I didn't love Batman.

I have the curse of thinking funny!

Life is full of ironies and absurdities.

I think our Batman had to be fun, light-hearted, funny, tongue-in-cheek... and I think that made kind of an homage to those earlier comic books, where Batman always had a quip or something.

You can't play Batman in a serious, square-jawed, straight-ahead way without giving the audience the sense that there's something behind that mask waiting to get out, that he's a little crazed; he's strange.

I've always shied away from 'Where are they now?' shows, because I've been lucky enough to keep working, and people know where I am.

If you're a plumber, you plumb. I'm an actor. I act.

Some nights, I wear my cape, and I go out on the pier. It is foggy... I look for... Riddler.

I grew up on a ranch in Walla Walla, Washington. Except for one lawyer, I don't remember anyone in my family being anything else but ranchers.

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.

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.

The wonderful thing with some of the things I've done - most of them, really - is to be trusted. To be able to do your thing, to work on it, hone it into my gem of creativity!

I love to go home and do the chores and read.

I don't want to be Batman. Let Val Kilmer do it. I just want to be Uncle Batman. I have this whole 'warm relationship' plot in my mind. In the final scenes, the new Batmobile breaks down, the new Batman's stranded on the side of the road. We grab our old Batmobile, pick him up and drive away.

All I know is that my fans have been really wonderful and affectionate.

Oh, it's fun to be an icon!

Anything with 'Family Guy' is great.

I am a simple man, though my wife says I am complicated. I'll trust her on that one.

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