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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

Michael Caine

There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
MICHAEL CAINE

Culture Hate Myself People Tolerance World
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 CAINE

Average Choice Greatness Myself Pay Role
Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
MICHAEL CAINE

Day Smart Stop Time Truth
I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
MICHAEL CAINE

Control Environment Myself Quiet Subtle
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
MICHAEL CAINE

Book Castle Library Myself Window World
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Family Home Life Moments Myself Professional Ruth
You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
MICHAEL CAINE

Accident Fun Pretend Start Yourself
I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
MICHAEL CAINE

Account Built Myself See Sight Terrible Terrific
I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
MICHAEL CAINE

Movie Myself People Screen Sympathy
Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
MICHAEL CAINE

Believe God Life Yourself
This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
MICHAEL CAINE

Enjoyment Learning Life Yourself
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!
MICHAEL CAINE

Enough Feeling Knowledge Myself Old Stay
A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
MICHAEL CAINE

Clothes Himself Man Material Notice Way
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Father Food Goodness Growth Money Myself Occupation Steal
When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
MICHAEL CAINE

Best Character Steal Yourself
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.
MICHAEL CAINE

Act Award Bad Brilliant Career Difficult Easy Hard Scripture

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