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 CAINEObsession is a young man’s game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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 man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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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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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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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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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
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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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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this – a movie star will say, ‘How can I change the script to suit me?’ and a movie actor will say. ‘How can I change me to suit the script?’
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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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