Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
MICHAEL CAINEI don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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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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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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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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