Michael Caine Quotes
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How can I change me to suit the script?
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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.
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I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
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Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.
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Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.
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I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.
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I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.
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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.
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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them
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When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and they've included all those titles, which I don't even remember. I think I've played the lead in about 75 movies.
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People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
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There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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I don't see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
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You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.
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I feel that I helped the working class by just saying there are no barriers, which I consider to be true.
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I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.
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I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.