I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
MICHAEL CAINEAbout Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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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?’
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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