I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
MICHAEL CAINEBe patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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It’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.
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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 usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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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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The trouble with women? Elbows.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,”Easy” doesn’t enter into grown-up life.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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