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.
MICHAEL CAINEDon’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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A 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.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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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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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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