People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
MICHAEL CAINEIt’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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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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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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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I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser.
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I feel like 35. At 35 you’re old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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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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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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