Michael Caine Quotes

To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

Michael Caine

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• I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Live
  • Hope
  • Security

• The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Dream
  • Sleep

• Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on without me. And again I felt that emptiness rise up, but pushed it away. Still, I lingered there, in the doorway, memorizing the noise. The moment. Tucking it away out of sight, to be remembered when I needed it most.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Real
  • Family
  • Moments

• Why would heavy metal ever go away?

  

  Scott Ian Anthrax
  • Go Away
  • Heavy-Metal

• You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

  

  Bette Davis
  • Good
  • Dead
  • Bad Things

• There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

  

  George Michael
  • Star
  • Reluctant

• I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

  

  Henry Hopper
  • Struggle
  • Creative
  • Integrity

• Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

  

  Rene Daumal
  • Words
  • Tears
  • Degree

• We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Time
  • Fear
  • Desire

• I think what happens is when something becomes successful, then a lot of people take credit for it in such ways that it takes credit away from you.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Success
  • I Think
  • Credit

• For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone, Rushbrook, to his shame, was proficient.

  

  Elizabeth Inchbald
  • Shame
  • Injury
  • Proficient

• I worked hard to get stronger and better, and I'm really happy and satisfied.

  

  Nino Schurter
  • Stronger
  • Satisfied
  • Worked

• You look at William Powell in 'My Man Godfrey' and he's a butler in that and he's very dapper. He's a very refined gentleman. I liked playing around with that, with the good posture and a style, a panache, and a way of moving about the room.

  

  Evan Peters
  • Style
  • Playing
  • Gentleman

• When our daughter was born, a light went on for me - there was more to life than what I was doing. It felt like being famous for being a paint salesman. It wasn't the dream I was sold on. I'd had enough of it.

  

  Rick Astley
  • Life
  • Dream
  • Light

• Well, on the American side, every new administration has to cut its teeth in a crisis, because before a crisis, you don't really know what your various subordinates are thinking under stress.

  

  Henry Kissinger
  • American side
  • Administration
  • Crisis

• I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Movie Star

• Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

  

  Anne Hathaway
  • Actor
  • Dreamed
  • Movie Star

• To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Movie Star