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.
MICHAEL CAINEBooks 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 don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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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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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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