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.
MICHAEL CAINEDo 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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?’
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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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