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.
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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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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In film, other actors’ performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn’t giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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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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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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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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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn’t be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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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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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 don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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