You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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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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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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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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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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