Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
MICHAEL CAINEHollywood 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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In film, other actors’ performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn’t giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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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.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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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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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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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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