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 CAINEI’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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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 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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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 listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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