Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINEThe basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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