Actor Quote by Michael Caine Download Open image “In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.” — Michael Caine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor America Cockney England Theatre
People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've been an actor for so long, and a moviegoer ever since I can remember, because the country that I grew up in didn't… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
You can't actually be just a movie actor in Britain, because we don't make that many movies. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia. — Yael Stone Copy Share Image
I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first. — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
Had I stayed in England, I would have had to take at least a few acting jobs just for the money. — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good. — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. — Alan Arkin 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
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
