The best Quotes by Michael Caine

The best Quotes by Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films over a career spanning eight decades and is considered a British film icon.

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.
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A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.
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I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well, I am now.
Oktober 2023
He's got a pin-up image, which he hates. The only trouble is this: whenever they ask him to take his trousers off, he does.
I've made an awful lot of films. In fact, I've made a lot of awful films.
I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne: Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

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What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea! Resilient, highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.
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Cobb: "I have it under control."
Arthur: "I'd hate to see it out of control."
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They say we only use a fraction of our brain's true potential. Now that's when we're awake. When we're asleep, we can do almost anything.
Cobb in Inception
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An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.
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Come in close, because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you.
Thaddeus Bradley in Now You See Me
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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
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I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.
The secret of my success is my hairspray.
I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.
Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
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Now, Harry you must know all about Muggles, tell me, what exactly is the function of a rubber duck?
All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.
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For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.
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It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.
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If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.
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My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.
We think too much and feel too little.
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If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
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