I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
MICHAEL CAINEThere’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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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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 always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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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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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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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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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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