Actors and acting Quote by Michael Caine Download Open image “The best research for playing a drunk is being a British Actor for twenty years” — Michael Caine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actors and acting
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober, he wants… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going back two,… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk -- in fact, quite the contrary. — Heather King Copy Share Image
Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category. — Baron George-Brown George Brown Copy Share Image
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor — Bill W Copy Share Image
The problem with certain Englishmen is drinking to excess, the systematic search for drunkenness. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking… — Shane MacGowan 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
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
When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the limbo of yesteryear's happy hours. All that the comedian… — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
The word "Action!" frees me - the transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Don't try to act if you can be real and don't try to be real if you can act well. — Shubhanshu Tiwari Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in school, music,… — James Dean Copy Share Image
But now it feels like weve been traveling on two different tracks. What? Put my hands in the air? Okay. (Raises hands in the… — Rayy Copy Share Image
3/3 A ring? You want to marry me? Here comes another one! Whoa, whoa, aaaaaaah! Youre crazy, Derek! But - Yes! ILL MARRY YOU!!!!… — Rachel Copy Share Image
