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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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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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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It’s a lesson in life – don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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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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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 – two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying – “I don’t wanna do it. The part’s too small.” And he sent it back to me, he said, “You shouldn’t read the lover. You should read the father.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I’m pig-headed.
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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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I’ve always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
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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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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
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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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Maybe it’s time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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