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
  • Heavy-Metal
  • Go Away

• 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

• You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out.

  

  Storm Reid
  • Yourself
  • Inside
  • Loving

• Home is a relative concept for me. I've been in Los Angeles 10 years, and I definitely feel at home here, but I also feel at home in a lot of places. I'm not too attached to anywhere, really. Home is where the people you love are at the time.

  

  Stuart Townsend
  • People
  • Love
  • Home

• People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • People
  • Successful
  • Gift

• My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Responsibility
  • Ridiculous
  • Compliment

• I don't really care to be a movie star.

  

  Michael Horse
  • Movie Star

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

  

  Michael Caine
  • Movie Star