My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting. — 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 have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this… — 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