I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
MICHAEL CAINEThe 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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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.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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