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.
MICHAEL CAINEThis is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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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 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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
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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 never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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