There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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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 looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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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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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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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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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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In film, other actors’ performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn’t giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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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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