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?’
MICHAEL CAINEHollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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In film, other actors’ performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn’t giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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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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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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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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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he’s that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it’s not, I assure you.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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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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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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