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!
MICHAEL CAINEA 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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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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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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