Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
MICHAEL CAINEWhat 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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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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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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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 taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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