Michael Caine Quotes
I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.
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Mark Twain cannot be defined.
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I like to work.
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It usually starts with the director and any other creatives who may be involved at the start. It's a collaboration. I bring what I have naturally and, hopefully, what they cast me for, and then we start playing and tweaking until we have what they feel's right. It helps to have some artwork to inspire me, but I don't always get that luxury.
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Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.
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Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.
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I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.
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Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience
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God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.
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My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.
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I like things that are immature and offbeat and bizarre. Random jokes. Weird stuff. And stupid. Stupid is the highest compliment a person can pay to me.
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If there is any Arab problem we can solve it inside the Arab League. But we are going to deal with the other side, with the Israelis.... It is not me who will decide who will invite, to speak frankly. It is not me, it is not the Arab side, it is not the Israelis who will decide who will invite.
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Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
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Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.
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A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, de ses valets, et tout le monde.]
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I want to help accelerate the evolution of the press because right now, newsrooms are cutting investigative journalists, and we need investigative journalists.
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Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.
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Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school.
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We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.
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My dream of happiness: a quiet spot by the Jamaican seashore . . . hearing the wind sob with the beauty and the tragedy of everything. Sitting under an almond tree, with the leaf spread over me like an umbrella.
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The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.
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It is our responsibility to help wildlife adapt to a changing climate.
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Brand is everything, the stuff you want to communicate to consumers and the stuff you communicate despite yourself.
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Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.
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I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.
