I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEI enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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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’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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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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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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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 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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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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The 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’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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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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