I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEActing is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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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.
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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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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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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