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?’
MICHAEL CAINEI never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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 don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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 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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