I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
MICHAEL CAINESave your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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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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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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!
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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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There’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.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he’s that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it’s not, I assure you.
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