Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINEA man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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 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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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