Michael Caine Quotes
It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I don't have a steady relationship. That's something that women in politics deal with. For some reason, men in politics seem to have a larger charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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Unjust Cause: This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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The impact we have on people's lives, to me, is more important than any title anyone can carry.
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Maybe we just like winners, ... We hope some of that will carry over to the Redskins.
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Never settle for second when first is available
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I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
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Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes.
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Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.
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Isn't Hollywood - and I love movies - a lot of it about a big lie?
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The real axis of social change is not horizontal, but vertical. We don't need a whole bunch of people gathering to think shallow thoughts together. What we need is for as many people as are ready to gather and think deep thoughts together.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They're very, very precious to me.
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I didn't earn that much in record royalties. You've only got to look at my sales in 1980 to figure that one out.
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I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every planet in your solar system has exploded?
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It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'
