It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
MICHAEL CAINEAnyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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Hollywood 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!
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I’m an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn’t just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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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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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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