I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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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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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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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’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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