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> [Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/not-only-is-acting-more-than-a-part-time-job-it-s-more-than-a-full/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/michael-caine-1152_acting_not-only-is-acting-more-than-a-part-time_480850.jpg)

> [If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/if-you-really-want-to-become-an-actor-but-only-providing-that-acting/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/michael-caine-1152_acting_if-you-really-want-to-become-an-actor-bu_1967405.jpg)

## More by 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 a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/that-to-me-is-what-my-idea-of-film-acting-should-be-there-shouldn-t/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/theater-acting-is-an-operation-with-a-scalpel-movie-acting-is-an/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/if-you-re-a-leading-actor-you-don-t-work-with-another-actor-you-work/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/be-a-duck-remain-calm-on-the-surface-and-paddle-like-hell-underneath/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-try-to-make-everyone-around-me-feel-comfortable/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/you-can-see-all-sorts-of-things-in-film-acting-if-you-know-where-to/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-was-a-repertory-actor-which-meant-that-i-did-a-play-every-week-i/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/you-start-pretending-to-have-fun-you-might-have-a-little-by-accident/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/if-you-held-a-pistol-at-my-head-i-couldn-t-tell-you-who-they-re-going/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-wear-a-baseball-cap-all-the-time-which-i-would-never-normally-wear/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-ve-always-loved-reprehensible-people-because-they-re-so-much-more/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-want-to-stick-around-with-the-big-boys-i-don-t-want-to-be-in-the/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-ve-been-on-movies-where-i-literally-couldn-t-hear-what-the-other/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/my-father-was-a-fish-market-porter-so-i-grew-up-on-fish-because-he/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [The trouble with women? Elbows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/the-trouble-with-women-elbows/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

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