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.
MICHAEL CAINEIn 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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 have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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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.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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