You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
MICHAEL CAINEMy 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.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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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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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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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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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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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.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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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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