I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something.
Michael CaineThat to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
Michael CaineI admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
Michael CaineWhat it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
Michael Caine