The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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