I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 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 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 am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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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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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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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 don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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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 felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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