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.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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 always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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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.
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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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.
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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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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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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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