I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEA 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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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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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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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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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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