I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
MICHAEL CAINEGreat acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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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’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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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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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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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 usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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