When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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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’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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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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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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Anyone can write. But comedy, you’ve got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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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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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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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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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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