I’ve had such a great time, I’d like to come back as me – and do it all over again.
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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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I never regret anything. I always said that when I’m old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn’t do; and now I’m old, and I don’t regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I’m still having it.
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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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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
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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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If you’re a movie actor, you’re on your own – you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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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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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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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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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn’t for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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