I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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.
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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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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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