Michael Keaton Talks New Film 'Birdman' & More on CBS SUNDAY MORNING Today

Actor Michael Keaton has earned praise for roles in "Batman," "Beetlejuice," "Clean and Sober" and "Mr. Mom," among others, but then he seemed to disappear from the Hollywood landscape. Lee Cowan catches up with the actor at his Montana ranch, where Keaton says he's been living a regular life while fielding offers for movie parts, just not any he wanted, in an interview on CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast today, Oct. 12, 2014 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.

"Where I've been is just, you know, being a person living life," Keaton tells Cowan. "It's not very complicated. I mean, certainly, I didn't drop out. There were a lot of people who weren't knocking on my door, but there were a lot of, there were some people knocking on my door and I was going, 'that's not really what I want to do.'"

Keaton also admits he lost interest in the business.

"Yeah, I got tired," he tells Cowan, "I got bored of hearing myself."

But Keaton finally found something he couldn't turn down, and is back on the big screen with the soon-to-open and highly praised "Birdman." Keaton plays an actor who became famous for playing The Birdman, a comic book superhero. The role haunts the rest of his career and the film revolves around the actor trying to mount a comeback on Broadway to prove himself.

The similarities to his character in "The Birdman" and his own career are pure coincidence, Keaton says. Nothing in his career has been as demanding as "The Birdman," Keaton says, because the film was shot in long, unbroken takes.

"It was the most intense thing I'll probably ever do," Keaton says.

Keaton also talks with Cowan about his career, his film choices, why he turned down "Batman III," and life in Montana.

Keaton says he's not one of those "I hate Hollywood guys," adding, "People make, I think, more out of that than, I got to get away. I don't know how not to live like this."

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