I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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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I’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called ‘wisdom’… I can’t fathom my own heart.
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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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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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I’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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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 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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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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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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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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