When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
MICHAEL CAINEFirst 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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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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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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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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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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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.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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 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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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