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.
MICHAEL CAINEI don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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 felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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