Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting.… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Caine Copy Share
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I… — Michael Caine Copy Share
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year,… — Michael Caine Copy Share
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward. — Michael Caine Copy Share
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up… — Michael Caine Copy Share
