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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

Michael Caine

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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Enough Fast Human Listening Nature People Powerful Rule Speak
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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Book Castle Library Myself Window World
I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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Interesting Love Myself People Play Screen
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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Fun Life Myself Old Regard Regret Talk
It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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Lesson Life Past Sight Trip Yourself
I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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Head Life Listening Myself Time
I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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Age Deal Feeling Man Myself Sadness Woman
My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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Happiness Understand Woman
I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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Act Disappear Myself Person Reality
When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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Believe Cake Deep Mindset Pieces Politics Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Clothes Himself Man Material Notice Way
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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Ideas Movie Person Reality Watch Yourself
Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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Myself Patience Reward Time
Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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Avoid Choice Difficult Inspirational Perspective Yourself
You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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Director Follow Home Leadership Planning Window Yourself
I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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Movie Myself People Screen Sympathy

You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

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