Michael Caine Quotes
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.
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I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.
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A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.
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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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I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.
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They use those monitors now, and sometimes you'll be doing a shot and then suddenly you see yourself on one of those monitors, and I always say turn the monitor round, I don't want to see myself on the monitor. I never see myself 'til the movie's finished.
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I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.
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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.
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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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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 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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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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I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?'
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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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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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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If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. 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 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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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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Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.
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Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.
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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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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.