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.
MICHAEL CAINEAt 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.
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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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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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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’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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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 never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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