I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
MICHAEL CAINEAt age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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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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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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