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?’
MICHAEL CAINEI 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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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 don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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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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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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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.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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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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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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