, actually got his start on the production crew of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where, despite the famously straight-laced persona of the host, the spirit of the sixties was alive behind the scenes.. "We were way ahead of our time, you know, with gay members and women members, and everybody had long hair and beards. That's where it started."
"He was just a very nice man," says Keaton "and I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, thinking, 'well, this can't be real.' It turns out he had a wonderful sense of humor. We were pretty wild guys on his crew, and he just appreciated us all. His new film, says Keaton, was tricky for him to direct, "it's got a lot of levels, and you're trying to accomplish a lot," he says.