Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
MICHAEL CAINEMy understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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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 always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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Don’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.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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