Michael Caine Quotes

I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out into the business and polishes his craft by absorbing everything. I don't know enough, I'll never learn everything I need to learn. When a guy thinks he's already learned it, he can only go backwards.

I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

I think actor is one of those jobs where you don't stop learning, even if you have a career longer than my little five years! You're meeting new people all the time, so you might as well just be a sponge and take everybody's input and style as a bit of a lesson.

A career in acting, it's a learning process.

I've never worked with an acting coach, no.

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor.

My goal as an actor is to grow and try different things.

If I want to do the kind of work that I like to act in, I need to open my mind to it.

I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.

As an actor, I don't feel like it's necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn't needed.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

I want to keep continuously going through all the pages in the book of being an actor.

One of the things I love about acting is that there is always scope for growth.

I like to think of myself as an actress, I think of going through all of the films as my kind of film academy, the way that I've learnt.

As an actor, you learn, every time you work.

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

I do certain things that, maybe, nobody else knows why I'm doing. But it's all - it all has to do with - to grow as an actor.

I'm just trying to keep my head above water as I learn how to act. I feel like I have so much to learn, it's insane. The only thing I know is that I don't know or have a grasp on anything other than this one thing that's within me, whatever that is, so I'm just trying to trust that.

I want to be an actor who always tries the best regardless of roles.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.