I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
MICHAEL CAINEDon’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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I 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.
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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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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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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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’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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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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Do 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.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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