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Michael Caine


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 Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. Michael Caine
Calm, Duck, Always
What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone. Michael Caine
People, Opinion, You
If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to. Michael Caine
You, True, Idea
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. Michael Caine
Growing Up, World, Library
I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle. Michael Caine
Control, Environment, Quiet
To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative. Michael Caine
Best, Great, Me
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old. Michael Caine
Man, Game, Young
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. Michael Caine
Acting, Slow, Say
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award. Michael Caine
Time, Award, Career
I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life. Michael Caine
Life, Think, Want
The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure. Michael Caine
Car, Road, Hate
At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim. Michael Caine
Age, Father, Mother
My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else. Michael Caine
View, Couch, Someone
I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. Michael Caine
End, Done, Conviction