In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
MICHAEL CAINEI don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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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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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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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 felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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.
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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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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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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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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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 been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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