You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
MICHAEL CAINEThe difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he’s that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it’s not, I assure you.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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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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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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