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.
MICHAEL CAINEDo I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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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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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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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