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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

Michael Caine

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
MICHAEL CAINE

Actor Age Play Research Time
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
MICHAEL CAINE

Choice Movie Myself Preference Repeat
You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
MICHAEL CAINE

Freedom Individual Sacrifice Unique Yourself
I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
MICHAEL CAINE

Book Influence Mad Myself Reading
I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
MICHAEL CAINE

Interesting Love Myself People Play Screen
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Concern Performance Yourself
Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
MICHAEL CAINE

Myself Patience Reward Time
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Average Choice Greatness Myself Pay Role
It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
MICHAEL CAINE

Lesson Life Past Sight Trip Yourself
At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
MICHAEL CAINE

Age Children Father Relationship Religion Talk
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
MICHAEL CAINE

Act Advice Friendship Low Slow Talk
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
MICHAEL CAINE

Calm Hard Work Hustle Myself Surface
Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
MICHAEL CAINE

Avoid Choice Difficult Inspirational Perspective Yourself
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?’
MICHAEL CAINE

Change Difference Movie
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
MICHAEL CAINE

Accomplishment Education Heart Myself Wisdom
I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
MICHAEL CAINE

Myself Nasty Weakness

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

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