I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
MICHAEL CAINEYou start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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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 read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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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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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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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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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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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