I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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 was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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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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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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