Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role… — 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
When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?' — 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
The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're… — 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
