Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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!
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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 have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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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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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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