More - Michael McKean Quotes

One piece that looked like it was doomed - we were going to shoot it in this hotel hallway, and it was just my character musing that maybe this was just the beginning of something, maybe we were on our way out of obscurity or something, and then we were setting up to do it - and we just had to get this other shot.

Michael McKean

 

I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

As far as directing, yeah, I'd like to do that. But you've got to spend at least a year, year-and-a-half doing that. It's got to be something you really love. To direct a sequel to somebody else's work is not interesting to me. To do a teen comedy, I don't think is really something I'd want to spend a year of my life doing at this point.

Michael McKean

 

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

He asked us to write a song. We went home, and we were out walking the dog and started playing with lyrics and melody. Annette has a wonderful ear for music. She kind of started out in musical comedy, and she's always been a singer and dancer - but she's never been a songwriter before, but she just has a great natural sense of what sounds good.

Michael McKean

 

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

Michael McKean

 American Actor

I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.

Michael McKean

 American Actor