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.
MICHAEL CAINEI have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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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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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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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 think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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