Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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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.
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Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he’s that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it’s not, I assure you.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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