Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
MICHAEL CAINEThe best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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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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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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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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’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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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.
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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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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?’
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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