It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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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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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly – because if they don’t speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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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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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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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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