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 CAINEBooks were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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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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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 never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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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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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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