Quotes by
Michael Caine |
1933- , English actor
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Quotations
| • | Be like a duck, my mother used to tell me. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath. 9 |
| • | My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. 5 |
| • | Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person. 5 |
| • | The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this: a movie star will say, “How can I change the script to suit me?” and a movie actor will say. “How can I change me to suit the script?” 5 |
| • | In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. 4 |
| • | 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 choose the ones that pay the rent. 4 |
| • | My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me. 3 |
| • | When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins. 3 |
| • | It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script. 3 |
| • | I never give advice to younger actors. Because when I was their age, I used to ask actors older than me for advice, and the only advice I got was “Just give up.” 3 |
| • | What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone. |
| • | I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead. |
| • | If you put people in cages, don't be surprised if they become animals. |
| • | Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. |
