Adam West

I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I'm not a vindictive kind of guy.