Michael Caine Quotes
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
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You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking.
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When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
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Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.
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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
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My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.
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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.
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We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.
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Everybody has a role or part to play; if somebody fits the bill, that is what matters.
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I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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We used to have to arrange things around the dialysis. I would have to plan where to play so I could be back in time, and couldn't go too far.
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Every time I got to play a show, even if it's already sold out, I'm so scared no one's going to come.
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After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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The best songs just come unasked for. You don't have to think about them. Summer is a good time for songs.
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To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
