{"id":2687,"date":"2005-03-23T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2005-03-23T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2015-05-17T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T11:53:37","slug":"michael-caine-on-being-a-one-line-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2687","title":{"rendered":"Michael Caine: Being a \u201cone-line actor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpt from Michael Caine’s awesome book Michael Caine – Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making<\/a>\"\"<\/i>.<\/p>\n

It’s no wonder I have sympathy for one-line actors. I’ve been there. The troops come down the hill, the beach explodes, and you say:<\/p>\n

“Quick! The Germans are crumming<\/i>!” (One line!)<\/p>\n

“Who got this guy?!”<\/p>\n

The casting director comes in and says, “What’s the matter?”<\/p>\n

“This guy can’t say one line!”<\/p>\n

(You’re standing there cursing yourself.)<\/p>\n

“All those troops have to come over the hill again!” (Because of my crumming<\/i> line!) “It’ll take two hours to put the explosives back in …”<\/p>\n

Then the great star says his long speech absolutely perfectly, yet again; and you say:<\/p>\n

“Quick! The Germans are crumming<\/i>!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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