I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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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 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 have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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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In film, other actors’ performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn’t giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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