Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
MICHAEL CAINEMy most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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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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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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