To me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
MICHAEL CAINEMaybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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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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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In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
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I don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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Save your money. You’re going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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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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I’m the audience’s representative on earth.
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English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.
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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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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 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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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