You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
MICHAEL CAINESave your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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 have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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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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