Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
MICHAEL CAINEMy most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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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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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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