Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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