It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
MICHAEL CAINEIn my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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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 enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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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 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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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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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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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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