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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

Michael Caine

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?’
MICHAEL CAINE

Mom Money Myself Understand Unknown Worth
When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
MICHAEL CAINE

Believe Cake Deep Mindset Pieces Politics Yourself
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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Character Darkness Form Myself View World
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Actor Age Play Research Time
When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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Best Character Steal Yourself
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 CAINE

Act Cinema Easy Goodness Machine Movie Stage Yourself
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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Book Castle Library Myself Window World
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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Enough Greatness Myself Old Opinion
If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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Control Director Movie Power Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Actor Attitude Digital Forever Learning Movie Myself
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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Bad Herself Quite Wonderful Writing
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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Fun Life Myself Old Regard Regret Talk
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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Character Happiness Mirror Myself People Play
You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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Freedom Individual Sacrifice Unique Yourself
I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
MICHAEL CAINE

Enjoyment Funny Laughter People Praise Story Yourself
I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
MICHAEL CAINE

Act Disappear Myself Person Reality

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