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.
MICHAEL CAINEThere’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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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 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 usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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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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