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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

Michael Caine

People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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Choice Movie Myself Preference Repeat
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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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Each Other Space Vital Yourself
To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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Alternative Best Growth Myself Old
Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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Deliver Greatness Listening Yourself
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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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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Freedom Individual Sacrifice Unique Yourself
Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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Excuse Game Growth Man Myself Obsession Young
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’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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Myself Poor Preference Rich

You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

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