Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
MICHAEL CAINEI 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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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can’t deal with a woman of their own age.
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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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Obsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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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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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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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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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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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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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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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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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It’s a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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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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