Michael Caine Quotes
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If you're a gardener you don't need a gym... You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.
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My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said: 'If it's not for sale, you shouldn't put it in the window!'
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My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer, Johnny Gold, who was the boss of Tramp, and Leslie Bricusse, who is a composer.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
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We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.
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I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol, but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.
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In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.
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It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.
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I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.
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Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.
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As an actor, I'll play anything.
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Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.
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To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
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I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like.
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You're never too old to be crazy.
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Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
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I didn't know what I knew. I wasn't aware of what I knew.
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To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.
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Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.
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I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.
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I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
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I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.