Michael Caine Quotes

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

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• What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Great
  • Success
  • Perfect

• All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Nature

• I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Know
  • Politics
  • Wants

• As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Know
  • Proud
  • Band

• I can do a good John Wayne.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • I Can
  • John Wayne

• Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Work
  • Acting
  • Exciting

• My first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and we met to go out for the first time to the movies. When I saw her I was petrified. I couldn't even look her in the eye to talk to her.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Time
  • Long
  • Home

• There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If you want the facts about the dog, always get them straight from the dog. If you want opinions, get them from humans.

  

  J. Allen Boone
  • Dog

• I feel stronger, but physically I feel like I'm falling apart. Every day I get a new pain or ache and think, 'Oh, that will be a hip replacement in a couple of years'.

  

  Yasmin Le Bon
  • Pain
  • Couple

• Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is.

  

  Kevin Keegan
  • Time
  • Great
  • Football

• Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.

  

  Jay-Z
  • People
  • Done
  • Fear

• If I observe my cats carefully, it is partly because I observe everyone I deal with as carefully as I can and partly because they amuse and entertain me. They are an important part of the fabric of my daily life.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • Life
  • Important
  • Daily

• Can a man who lies, cheats, steals, and sometimes does violence to other people be a man of honor? Kolabati looked into his eyes. "He can if he lies to liars, cheats cheaters, steals from thieves, and limits his violence to those who are violent.

  

  F. Paul Wilson
  • People
  • Eyes
  • Violence

• That’s the thing, chato. I’m not the one to tell it, and you aren’t the one to hear it, but rest assured that it’d be pretty tough to figure out …

  

  Paco Ignacio Taibo II
  • Rest
  • Thing
  • Figure Out

• There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • War
  • Talent
  • Knowing

• I don't think we'll ever get too theatrical on stage. I can't see us using exotic props or fancy stages. Of course, we want to put on the best show possible, but we want the music to be the star of the show, not the stage set.

  

  Steve Clark Def Leppard
  • Music
  • Star
  • Stage

• The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the next day you hear about some shoe salesman at Macy's who had this audition and now he's Harrison Ford. There's always that carrot out there in our business.

  

  Scott Bakula
  • Home
  • Reality
  • Actors

• Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

  

  Ivor Novello
  • Different
  • Actors
  • Behinds

• I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is.

  

  Michael Shanks
  • Thinking
  • Feelings
  • Should

• The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

  

  Michael Caine
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