I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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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.
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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 not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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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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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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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 read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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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 never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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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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