If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
MICHAEL CAINEMy mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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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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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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 old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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