Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINEDo 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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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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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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