Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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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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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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