Adam West Quotes

When I was getting started, I was so busy just fighting my way through, and I was under contract at Warner Brothers. I did 40 hours of color television with the late Robert Taylor as a young cop.

- Adam West

Getting Started, Through, Robert

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.

- Adam West

Been, Very, Became, Warmth

Life is full of ironies and absurdities.

- Adam West

Life, Full, Ironies, Absurd

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

- Adam West

You, Actor, Act, Plumber

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.

- Adam West

Superhero, Capture, Villains, Vigilante

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.

- Adam West

Father, About, Mules, Mule

I think I've said I'm the luckiest actor in the world. I mean that.

- Adam West

Think, Actor, I Think, Luckiest

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.

- Adam West

Lucky, Very, Became, Luckiest

There were definitely times when I regretted ever being Batman.

- Adam West

Ever, Times, Definitely, Regretted

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.

- Adam West

Big, Mine, Certainly, Reciprocate

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.

- Adam West

Uncle, Away, Whole, Val

I'm not a vindictive kind of guy.

- Adam West

Kind, Guy, Vindictive

One of the most gratifying, rewarding things is when people come up, and they tell you how the show influenced their lives in a very positive way. When I do these things like Comic Con, I get people who are lawyers, judges, plumbers, carpenters, and entire families, and it's mostly for 'Batman.' But now, amazingly, it's also for 'Family Guy.'

- Adam West

Rewarding, Very, Mostly, Positive Way

I've played dinner theaters. I'm a working stiff.

- Adam West

Working, Played, Stiff, Theaters

Batman had a certain speech pattern that I established because he was always Sherlock Holmes-ian. He was Basil Rathbone. In other words, he was always musing about something.

- Adam West

Always, Other, Established, Sherlock

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!

- Adam West

Work, Wonderful, Some, Gem

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.

- Adam West

Career, San Diego, San, Diego

I don't paint butter dishes, doilies, or hummingbirds in my garden. It's more raw, I suppose. But it always creates a reaction.

- Adam West

Reaction, Always, Butter, Garden

It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.

- Adam West

Survive, Been, Reasons, To Survive

'Batman' was a colorful and wild ride.

- Adam West

Ride, Wild, Batman, Colorful

I'm like Madonna: I keep reinventing myself.

- Adam West

Like, Keep, Madonna, Reinventing

I get called 'Mayor West' a lot in airports. I've been very fortunate to have a fan base that keeps growing, and the work gets such a warm response and humor from people.

- Adam West

Mayor, Been, Very, Fan Base

When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.

- Adam West

Gift, Guy, Like, Fan Base

Over the years, I've learned that if you can just hang in there and, regardless of what's presented to you, take it as a challenge and try to bring in something fresh, then it works.

- Adam West

Over, Hang, Works, Hang In There

Maybe we could find some way to send barges of trash to the sun and incinerate it all. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea!

- Adam West

Some, Maybe, Could, Hey

Burgess Meredith taught me a lot about wine.

- Adam West

Me, Taught, Lot, Wine

You've got a guy in a cape and tights running around fighting crime 24-7; this is not normal. But it worked because the kids loved it and the adults laughed with it.

- Adam West

Normal, Guy, Laughed, 24-7

To play the leading man in a 'Three Stooges' movie, you've got to think funny. Thank God I think funny.

- Adam West

Play, Think, I Think, Leading Man

I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.

- Adam West

Old, Hours, Shift, Sitting

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.

- Adam West

Character, Will, Faster, Mask

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.

- Adam West

Play, Behind, Audience, Mask

Typecasting is really rampant in Hollywood, and because I played a costumed character and did it successfully, it was a real stigma.

- Adam West

Real, Successfully, Stigma, Rampant

I just go my own way. If my agent calls and presents me with something, and I find it refreshing or illuminating, yeah, I'll do it.

- Adam West

My Own, Agent, Illuminating, Refreshing

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.

- Adam West

Think, I Think, Using, First Of All

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.

- Adam West

Iconic, Been, Very, Represent

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

- Adam West

Good, Memories, Bad, Triggers

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

- Adam West

Guy, Theater, Absurd, Family Guy

Anything with 'Family Guy' is great.

- Adam West

Family, Great, Guy, Family Guy

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.

- Adam West

Being, Anything Else, Grew, Lawyer

When you go to the Sistine Chapel with Sophia Loren, it can be quite some time before your thoughts turn to the ceiling.

- Adam West

Thoughts, Some, Ceiling, Sophia

I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.

- Adam West

Hate, Actor, Would, Aging

I've hung on for a long time in this business and had some success, and I think it's keeping an open mind and being curious and having a sense of humor about oneself that's important.

- Adam West

Some, I Think, About, Open Mind

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

- Adam West

Love, Go Home, I Love, Chores

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

- Adam West

Me, Want, Scares, Frail

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

- Adam West

Some, Nights, Foggy, Cape

My art, like my acting, is a profound expression of poetic license.

- Adam West

Art, Profound, Poetic, License

I'm interested in film - any aspect - acting, directing, writing.

- Adam West

Writing, Interested, Aspect, Directing

I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with it.

- Adam West

Old, Hollywood, Had, Victimized

You have no idea the people I meet when I do these Comic-Cons. When I go sign autographs and say hello to people, I see everything!

- Adam West

Go, Idea, Sign, Autographs

In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.

- Adam West

Late, Three, Were, Bond

Any incarnation of 'Batman' I am delighted to do.

- Adam West

I Am, Incarnation, Am, Delighted

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.

- Adam West

Some, Very, However, Taking

I love to do voiceover because, for me, if you know what you're doing, it's simple. No makeup, no costuming, none of the baloney. None of the egos - you don't have to deal with all that crap. I love voiceovers.

- Adam West

Love, Makeup, Doing, Egos

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.

- Adam West

Think, Always, Comic Books, Homage

The new 'Dark Knight' movies, they're wonderful in their own way.

- Adam West

Movies, New, Own, Knight

It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of preserves your dignity but, at the same time, lets you play the theater of the absurd.

- Adam West

Play, Same Time, Preserves, Wonderful Thing

I was a maverick. I went to five different colleges looking for I don't know quite what.

- Adam West

Know, Colleges, Quite, Five

I've always been able to work. I think it's an actor's obligation to keep working if you can.

- Adam West

Think, Always, Been, Obligation

Crummy pictures, live appearances, circuses, avant garde theater, dinner theater. I've done it all. I've been shot out of cannons. I know what the people want. I'm out there with the people.

- Adam West

Want, Done, Been, Dinner

Playing Batman is an actor's challenge. First, it's different; then, you have to reach a multi-level audience. The kids take it straight, but for adults, we have to project it further.

- Adam West

Project, Reach, Audience, Further

When I got the part, I tried to remember Batman as I knew him when I was a kid - with emotional recall.

- Adam West

Kid, Knew, Part, Batman

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

- Adam West

Love, Stupid, Would, Batman

I have become convinced that everything that is classy doesn't go away.

- Adam West

Away, Go Away, Convinced, Become

I have no patience with dinosaurs.

- Adam West

Patience, Dinosaurs

I did a character called Captain Q for Nestle's Quik. Those commercials were kind of funny.

- Adam West

Character, Kind, Captain, Commercials

I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.

- Adam West

Always, Other, Rather, Professionally

If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or stupidity - I'm not sure which.

- Adam West

Think, Hang, Which, Tenacity

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

- Adam West

Wonderful, Know, Been, Affectionate

I've been able to reinvent myself and to keep an audience going at whatever age. This is terrific. I mean, how many actors get that chance?

- Adam West

Audience, Reinvent, Been, Terrific

When I got to Hollywood, there wasn't even a Boulevard. I'm that old. It was just a little dirt trail. I'm kidding.

- Adam West

Old, Hollywood, Boulevard, Trail

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.

- Adam West

Want, Own, Paint, Picture

I've been almost everywhere. But I've never been to the steppes of Latvia. It's something I've always wanted to do.

- Adam West

Never, Always, Been, Everywhere

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

- Adam West

Trust, Wife, Though, Complicated

I have the curse of thinking funny!

- Adam West

Funny, Thinking, Curse

To be an icon... I guess that's a privilege.

- Adam West

Privilege, Guess, Icon

Oh, it's fun to be an icon!

- Adam West

Fun, Oh, Icon

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.

- Adam West

Hope, Some, Contribute, Intellect

The Batmobile wasn't a stickshift, and it was a challenge to drive, believe me.

- Adam West

Challenge, Me, Believe, Drive

I am a private person. I don't need a lot of company. And I find it really, really difficult to talk about myself.

- Adam West

Myself, Need, About, Private

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.

- Adam West

Run, Out, Around, Speed

I like to make people laugh and have fun.

- Adam West

People, Like, Make, Have Fun

Isn't it fun to be nuts? Isn't it fun to be crazy?

- Adam West

Fun, Nuts, Crazy

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