Acting Quote by Michael Caine Download Open image “Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser” — Michael Caine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Acting Operation Lasers Movie Movie Acting Operations Scalpel Movie Scalpels Theater Theater Acting Theatre
Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
Unlike films, theatre allows you to experiment as an actor, which is fulfilling. — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that they do,… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
Theatre is like an actor's nectar, like how cinema is a director's medium. — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
I mean, theater acting for me is the true form. It's the real place where you learn, the place where you practice, the place… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other.… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Theatre is an actor's medium. An actor has little control over a film. Which is why most actors who have done theatre, and then… — Paresh Rawal 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
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've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward. — 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
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan 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
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image