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Acting Quotes by Michael Caine
- Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
- I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not…
- My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
- When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
- Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
- I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.
- I'm the audience's representative on earth.
- When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
- Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if…
- Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.
- 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…
- You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or…
- Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser
- Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
- No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the…
- To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.
- First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I…
- In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.
- You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.
- When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only…
- You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it…
- You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often…
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- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I… — Rowan Atkinson
- What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm… — Jensen Ackles
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
- I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game. — Kevin Bacon