Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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.
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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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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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