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.
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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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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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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What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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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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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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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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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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