The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
MICHAEL CAINEFunny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
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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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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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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 vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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