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.
MICHAEL CAINEI did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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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 have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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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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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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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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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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