Michael Caine Quotes
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
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My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
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As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
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When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.
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Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.
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I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.
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As a director, I hoped that I was able to help the actors by giving them the space and the respect they need and the trust. I gave them what I always felt I needed when I was working.
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As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.
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Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
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I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
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I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great place to go, great location, great hang, great date, good place to be with friends. But as an actor who works hard at making movies, I am glad that no matter what people can see your movie on. It's hard to keep a theater for long time; there are so many movies, so when you leave a theater, you're just glad there's a life for your movie.
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Some people are kind of themselves, and some people are straight-up actors that can meld into a lot of different parts.
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I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing that you can do is be an actor. And I was really enthralled by the whole process.
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But what I've also really liked about it is that it not only has Marvel set about... if they just were slavishly trying to bring the comic books to life, literally, I don't the movies would work, because it's different to see something on screen in three dimensions with actors, and they kind of, I believe, are constantly trying to find a way to absolutely respect the source material and at the same time, transform it into something that works and that you believe on screen.
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When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.
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The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.
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Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
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I've dealt with a few method actors, and I don't know if should say this, but I think it's a bunch of nonsense. I think it's film acting and you just have to be on when the camera is rolling.
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I was trained as a dramatic actor. Im really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.
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To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking the only truth you know? There is no such thing as an uncommitted actor.
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If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.
