I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
MICHAEL CAINEThe 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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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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!
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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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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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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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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Movie 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.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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