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.
MICHAEL CAINEDon’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.
MICHAEL CAINEA man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
MICHAEL CAINESome men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
MICHAEL CAINEObsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEAbout Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
MICHAEL CAINEMy understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
MICHAEL CAINEYou’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.
MICHAEL CAINEI have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEGreat acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
MICHAEL CAINEThere’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.
MICHAEL CAINEMovie 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.
MICHAEL CAINE