Michael Caine Quotes
I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something.
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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My personal experience has been that in my 25 years of writing, I have not been asked to do more than four or five commercial one-shot scripts. These were performed on major national hook-ups but produced for me no immediate additional jobs or requests. One script for BBC was done around the world with an all-star cast.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
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Every day, whether I am teaching or entertaining - I absolutely love bringing different people and cultures together.
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Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.
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I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.
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I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously comedy would be a fun jump. I've just been lucky enough to stay working. In my case, playing intense roles or playing character roles is something that people will hire me for, but yeah, I'd like somebody to think I'm funny. I guess we all do, right?
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I don't regret anything. I feel like I've made what I would call mistakes. I picked the wrong movie, or I didn't pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
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I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something.
