English - Actor | March 14, 1933 -
I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.
Michael Caine
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When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.
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I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.
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I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.
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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 think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.
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I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.
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I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.
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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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You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
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To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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