Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
MICHAEL CAINE
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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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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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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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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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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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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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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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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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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