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.
MICHAEL CAINEYou start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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 always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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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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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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