Michael Caine Quotes
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I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews and I'm married to a Muslim. So I won't lose out on a technicality.
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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, 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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Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15.
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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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You're never too old to be crazy.
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I didn't know what I knew. I wasn't aware of what I knew.
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Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.
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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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I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.
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I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like.
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About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
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As an actor, I'll play anything.
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I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.
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I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.
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I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.
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You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
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I must admit, the only reason I joined an amateur dramatic society is because I couldn't get to kiss any girls - I was chasing girls all the time - and so I thought if I join it, there might be some love scenes. And there was a particular girl and I thought I might get to kiss Amy. I never did get to kiss Amy but I did get to kiss Elizabeth Taylor, so it was all right, a lot later.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
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I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.