It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
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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 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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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I’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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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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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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