This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
MICHAEL CAINE
People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
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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.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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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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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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!
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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