which is why you're nominated-- the movie is nominated--

for a million awards, but it is a brilliant movie.

Your performance was brilliant.

I'm assuming everyone has seen it,

and if you haven't, shame on you.

- Yeah, exactly. [laughter]

- It really-- there are shots in this--

I mean, just about every single take

is one solid shot without-- and people need to really--

if you don't understand how hard that is to do

to appreciate the film,

it's just one take, and some of 'em are like,

I wanna say, like 12 minutes long.

- Yeah, exactly, that's about right.

I would say they average maybe 9,

and one went almost--some went almost 15 or 16 minutes.

But it didn't-- we just couldn't--

you know, it couldn't hold up, actually.

- But you have to-- every extra, everybody,

has to be timed out, so if one person misses their mark,

one person... - Right.

- You have to start all over again.

- Yeah. - And so the one scene

that, of course, everyone's talking about

is you have to go through Times Square in your underwear.

And you actually-- - I didn't have to.

- Well, you did. - No, I did.

- You did have to. - Yes, that's right, I did.

- You signed off. - Oh, yeah, I did.

- You can't say, "Well, what if,

while I'm out there..." - Yeah.

- "What if I'm fully clothed and I'm not in my underwear?"

- Yeah. - "Is it just as funny?"

- [laughs] Yeah.

You know what I thought made it, frankly?

And I think you'll agree, since you're so funny.

It was the black socks, really. - Oh, it was--

- It's funny, but you put black socks, it's really funny.

- It adds a little-- it adds to it.

- Pathetic, makes it look...

- The whitey-tighties are just fantastic.

- Yeah, yeah. - But you have to understand,

they couldn't close off Times Square,

so these are real people. - Yeah.

- And suddenly Michael Keaton is running

through Times Square in his underwear,

and people are--of course get their cameras out.

How many takes did you do of that?

- Uh, for the movie I did a few,

then I just hung around and kept doing it.

- Nice out there. - No, no.

You know, I can't remember. I don't think that many.

I think it may have been four, five.

I always forget. It's probably more, but...

Yeah, it was-- it's one of those things where

you know--you know what this is like with a show.

You know, you get a script and you're reading things

and you think, okay, you know, Bob comes home from work...

All right, na na na.

You close it and just go from one scene to another.

So I get this script which was pretty great,

and I'm reading it, and, you know,

his robe gets caught on the stage door.

Oh, that could be funny.

Ba, ba, he's in his underwear...

And you don't think anything at all.

And then you go, oh, okay, this is a great movie.

Let's go do it. Then the next thing you know,

you're taking off your clothes in New York City

and you're getting ready to shoot a scene,

and that's when it hits you.

You think, what happened

between the time I read this and now

that I didn't say-- - That you didn't remember.

- Yeah, or say, no, I can't. - Yeah, right.

- I'm not doing that. Not running through...

- And, now, you weren't barefoot,

but still, you're in socks on the streets of New York.

There are all kinds of things on the streets of New York.

- Yeah, there are.

- And you could step on anything.

People throw cigarettes down. - Well, yeah.

I mean, you just were running through

in your underwear and black socks.

- Yeah, I know, and you're reminding me of this.

Yeah, you're just gonna keep saying it.

- That-- - Like I don't remember.

- That alone deserves an Oscar nomination.

That--without the brilliant acting.

- Thanks.

- And so you've done, obviously,

"Beetlejuice" and "Batman" and "Batman Returns"

and "Night Shift" and "Mr. Mom" and "Clean and Sober"

and "Toy Story 3,"

and I mean--but is it-- is it--

What does it mean to get this nomination for you right now?

- It's a lot.

A lot. [stammering]

The nomination means a lot to me,

more than--I think more than I thought it would.

Maybe more than anything,

it's how unbelievably great people have been.

And I don't mean just the people who are inside the business,

but--mostly the people who are in the business,

but even my friends and everybody are so happy for me.

And it makes--in a way, I feel a lot of pressure for them.

I wanna come through for them.

And it means a lot to me personally,

I think because, all these years, you know,

of trying a lot of things and hanging in there,

like, you know-- you know what that's like.

You have to do it.

You have to ride out all the tough stuff

and keep on keeping on, and it feels extr--

I'm extremely-- This is the word.

Everybody may be sick of me saying it,

but I'm extremely grateful. You know.

Well, you know, I'm like, I wake up in the morning and I go,

"Two legs, two eyes, two hands. I'm pretty much good to go."

So it doesn't take much for me. - Yeah, yeah.

[applause] - But I'm so grateful.

So grateful. - Can't say that word enough.

The Oscars are coming up. You're nominated.

I want you to have some things to wear for the Oscars.

So first of all, we-- we don't make--

We make underwear that's very popular,

but we don't make whitey-tighties,

but for you we did.

But--but if you want something fancier...

- Whoa. - It's the Oscars.

- Whoa. - It's your choice.

- Know--know that when the camera comes to me

and they say "Who are you wearing?"

- Okay.

- But for now... - But for now you'll do those?

- I wanna know what these babies will look like.

- This isn't--

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