Michael Caine

    Michael Caine

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    • “I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.”
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    • “Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.”
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    • “If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.”
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    • “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 actors.”
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    • “I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.”
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