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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

Michael Caine

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
MICHAEL CAINE

Man Myself Old Start Theatre Time
I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
MICHAEL CAINE

Life Myself See Sight
It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
MICHAEL CAINE

Each Other Space Vital Yourself
I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
MICHAEL CAINE

Account Built Myself See Sight Terrible Terrific
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
MICHAEL CAINE

Accomplishment Education Heart Myself Wisdom
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Actor Attitude Digital Forever Learning Movie Myself
I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
MICHAEL CAINE

Emotion Family Friendship Life Myself Person Relationship
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
MICHAEL CAINE

Choice Movie Myself Preference Repeat
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Fun Life Myself Old Regard Regret Talk
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 CAINE

Character Company Health Myself Nature Recreation
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
MICHAEL CAINE

Character Darkness Form Myself View World
You’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 CAINE

Director Follow Home Leadership Planning Window Yourself
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 CAINE

Choice Place Time Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Concern Performance Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Destination Journey Myself People Thinking
I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
MICHAEL CAINE

Control Environment Myself Quiet Subtle

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

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