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?’
MICHAEL CAINEI 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.
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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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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.
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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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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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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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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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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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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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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