I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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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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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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 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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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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.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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