I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
MICHAEL CAINEI don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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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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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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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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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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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 always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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