I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
MICHAEL CAINEI never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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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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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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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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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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