I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
MICHAEL CAINEMovie 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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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 never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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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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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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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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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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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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