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
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
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
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. — 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
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
No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one. — 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
The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would… — 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
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
Film stars to me were always six feet four, had perfect teeth and could do handstands on Malibu Beach - and didn't… — 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
Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses. — 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
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the… — 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 Image
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.” — 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 thing I… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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 Image
You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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 Image
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
