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?’
MICHAEL CAINEThere 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.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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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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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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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 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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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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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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