You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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