My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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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 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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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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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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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