I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
MICHAEL CAINEI don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
MICHAEL CAINEA man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
MICHAEL CAINEI am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’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.
MICHAEL CAINEBooks were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
MICHAEL CAINEI never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
MICHAEL CAINEI felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
MICHAEL CAINEUse the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
MICHAEL CAINEObsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
MICHAEL CAINEI did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
MICHAEL CAINEI 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.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
MICHAEL CAINEFirst 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 CAINEYou don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
MICHAEL CAINE