I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
MICHAEL CAINE
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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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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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.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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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 see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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