Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
MICHAEL CAINEBooks were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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