Michael Caine Quotes
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Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
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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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I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.
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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father.
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I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.
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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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January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
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And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.
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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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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
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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 spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
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I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.
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I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
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It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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I'm the audience's representative on earth.
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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 always played very human sort of characters.
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How can I change me to suit the script?
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.
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Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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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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I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.