You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
MICHAEL CAINEThe basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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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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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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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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