I don’t have any regrets because I’m very optimistic, and live each day as though it’s the last.
MICHAEL CAINEUse the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
More Michael Caine Quotes
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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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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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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 have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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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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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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’m every bourgeois nightmare – a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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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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