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 CAINEWhen it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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