My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
MICHAEL CAINEMy most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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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 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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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 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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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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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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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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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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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