I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEAnyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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 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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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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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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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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