Acting Quotes by Michael Caine

To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

— Michael Caine

I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.

— Michael Caine

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying …not waiting to deliver your lines.

— Michael Caine

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

— Michael Caine

No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and…

— Michael Caine

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.

— Michael Caine

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.

— Michael Caine

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

— Michael Caine

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

— Michael Caine

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if…

— Michael Caine

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

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

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or…

— Michael Caine

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is…

— Michael Caine

I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on…

— Michael Caine

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One…

— Michael Caine

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

If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and…

— Michael Caine

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