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’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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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’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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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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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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