English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
MICHAEL CAINEDo you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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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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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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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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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.
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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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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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