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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them

Michael Caine

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
MICHAEL CAINE

Enough Fast Human Listening Nature People Powerful Rule Speak
I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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Myself Poor Preference Rich
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Development Life Myself Old Roam Thinking
There was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
MICHAEL CAINE

Age Father Lover Moments Movie Reading Scripture Time Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Believe Cake Deep Mindset Pieces Politics Yourself
You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
MICHAEL CAINE

Action Work Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Best Character Steal Yourself
I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
MICHAEL CAINE

Myself Nasty Weakness
You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
MICHAEL CAINE

Director Follow Home Leadership Planning Window Yourself
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINE

Movie Operation Theatre
I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
MICHAEL CAINE

Control Environment Myself Quiet Subtle
A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
MICHAEL CAINE

Body Growth Man Old Spirit Young
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Ideas Movie Person Reality Watch Yourself
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
MICHAEL CAINE

Character Darkness Form Myself View World
When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
MICHAEL CAINE

Character Happiness Mirror Myself People Play
When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
MICHAEL CAINE

Climb Deep Reach Success Top Yourself

Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them

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