Michael Caine Quotes
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I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.
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You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.
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In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.
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I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.
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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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When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
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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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My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
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How can I change me to suit the script?
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You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
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I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.
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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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I had an extraordinary belief in myself. For years people told me to give it up and even though I was poverty- stricken, I never thought I should give it up.
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I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.
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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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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to.
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I've done my job and I've got the picture out there, and I'm very happy with it.
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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 have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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I don't see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.
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Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.