I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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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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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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 feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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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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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 am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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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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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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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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