Michael On
Michael On
waiting listening acting
Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.
swimming order people
People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
get-better each-day talent
There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.
enjoy paid
I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.
talking class ideas
If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.
blow doors radio-news
Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
ideas asking actors
And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.
taken choices drug
I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
married adultery respecting-others
I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others properties.
use difficulty ifs
Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them
stars playing-someone fighter
When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.
pounds film said
My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'
winning careers awards
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.
couple grandchildren years
Someone said to me the other day: "Well, you're eventually going to live until 110." And I said: "Well, who's going to keep me? What age do I retire? 100?" How are you going to live all those years and who is going to keep you doing it? I have a couple of grandchildren now so I'm banking on them.