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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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling!

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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.

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Mind & Apprehension Brain

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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Thoughts Viruses

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.

Charles Dickens

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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

David Bailey

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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.

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I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.

Richard Gere

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

Richard Gere

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

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Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

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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?

Arthur Weasley in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince

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Children & Childhood Birthday Age

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

Louis de Funès

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Laughing & Smile

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

Emma Watson

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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.

Orson Welles

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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Anthony Hopkins

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Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

Emilia Clarke

We think too much and feel too little.

Charlie Chaplin

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Thinking Feelings & Emotions

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

Jackie Chan

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Klaus Kinski

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Failures & Mistakes

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