Michael Caine Quotes
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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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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
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My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.
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My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl.
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I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.
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Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
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I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.
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What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
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I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.
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I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.
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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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You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.
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The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.
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I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
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I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me.
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Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.
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I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
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I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.
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Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books
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I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.