I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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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 the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
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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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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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