Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Quotes

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Mike Shiner: Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Note on Riggan's dressing room mirror: A thing is a thing, not what is said of that thing.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Riggan: [as Birdman] People, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Riggan: [as Birdman] Shave off that pathetic goatee. Get some surgery. Sixty's the new thirty, motherfucker!

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Jake: Oh my gosh! How do you know Mike Shiner? Lesley: We share a vagina.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Riggan: Just find me an actor. A good actor. Give me Woody Harrelson. Jake: He's doing the next Hunger Games. Riggan: Michael Fassbender? Jake: He's doing the prequel to the X-Men prequel. Riggan: How about Jeremy Renner? Jake: Who? Riggan: Jeremy Re...

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: Does she speak? Sam: She does. Yeah, she can sit, stay, and roll over if you have any treats.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Lesley: Why don't I have any self respect? Laura: You're an actress, honey.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Voice from the street: [Sam is sitting on the parapet of the theatre roof. Someone shouts from below] JUUUMP! Sam: EAT ME! Voice from the street: OKAY. JUMP ON MY FACE! Sam: I love this city.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Sam: Why do you act like a dick all the time? Do you just do it to antagonize people? Mike Shiner: Maybe. Sam: You really don't give a shit if people like you or not? Mike Shiner: Not really. Sam: That's cool. Mike Shiner: Is it? I don't know.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: Is this water? Did you replace my gin with water, man? Riggan: Mike. Come on. Mike Shiner: No. Come on, what? Riggan: Come on, you're drunk. Mike Shiner: I'm drunk? Yes, I'm drunk! I'm supposed to be drunk! Why aren't you drunk? This is ...

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: You've been hanging around here trying to make yourself invisible behind this fragile little fuck-up routine but you can't. You're anything but invisible. You're big. You're kind of a great mess. It's like a candle burning at both ends, ...

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: A man becomes a critic when he cannot be an artist, the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: [showing a fried chicken to Riggan] That's a nice bird, man!

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Young Birdman: Sixty is the new thirty, mother fucker.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mike Shiner: Lesley, play with my balls.

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Broadway Lady: [sees Riggan on the roof] Hey, is this for real, or are you shooting a film? Riggan: A film! Broadway Lady: You people are full of shit!

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)