Michael Caine Quotes
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.
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Somewhere down the line, I realised that dairy products were giving me acidity, so now I am a vegan.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been more ready to hurt his wife's feelings and deprive his daughter than inconvenience a pub bar full of strangers. He wished there could be one memory of his dead child which wasn't tainted with guilt and regret.
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I guess I remembered clearest of all the early mornings, when the lake was cool and motionless, remembered how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
