Michael Caine Quotes

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

Michael Caine

• Acting
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• I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.

  

  Garrett Dillahunt
  • God
  • Know
  • Me

• I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Always
  • Name
  • Fat

• Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Serious
  • Doing
  • Potential

• People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Think
  • Too Much

• I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.

  

  Owen Benjamin
  • YouTube
  • Myspace
  • Ton

• I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Work
  • Picture
  • Movies

• I usually end up making a huge mess every morning when I get dressed. My outfit affects my whole day. I'm always running late, and I'm always trying to make sure I feel really good in what I'm wearing, because if you're wearing something you're not comfortable in, it ruins your day.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Trying

• So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • World
  • She
  • Think

• Policymakers can draw much from 'The Need for Roots': such clear prescriptions as that employers ought to provide an adequate vocational training for their employees, education should be compulsory and publicly funded, and include technical as well as elementary education.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Education
  • Training
  • Roots

• I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Me
  • Information
  • Try

• Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I love your voice man, you give me chills... Brilliant.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Man
  • Voice
  • Give

• It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Long
  • Marriage

• It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Up
  • End
  • Yourself

• I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Family
  • High
  • Dad

• In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real life don't always apply.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Life
  • Real
  • Character

• My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Life
  • Accepted
  • Shock

• I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

  

  Major Taylor
  • Life
  • Words
  • Feeling

• I actually really love to work out. You need to find what you love.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Work
  • Find
  • Really

• Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.

  

  Zhou Xun
  • Movies
  • Chinese
  • Lucky

• Pat's impact is that you can't just double Kevin anymore and single-block the other guy. Pat gives us some swagger against the run. He's determined that no one will run the ball on us because of him. Guys buy into that and start having high expectations for themselves, and I think that helps the whole defense.

  

  Brian Baker Bad Religion
  • Ball
  • Determined
  • Against

• You must put fear out of your mind. Confront it with the belief that the past is over with, that a new life lies ahead.

  

  Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Fear

• I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.

  

  Aaron Douglas
  • Acting
  • Doing
  • Worst

• Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.

  

  Walter Koenig
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Me

• I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Acting
  • Regret
  • Ends