Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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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 start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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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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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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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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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.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
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I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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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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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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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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