I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
MICHAEL CAINEThere’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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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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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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