When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
MICHAEL CAINE
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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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 had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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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.
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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 mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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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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