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Some men just want to watch the world burn
Michael Caine
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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
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If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.
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I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
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Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
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I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
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If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.
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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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Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
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You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.
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How can I change me to suit the script?
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There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
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I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.
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Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!
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I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.
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