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I spent my life in the library reading books.

Michael Caine

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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
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Film Actor
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
Sir Michael Caine
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Sir Michael Caine
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I used to get the girl now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.
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It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
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A lot of movie stars are not great actors they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.
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But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.
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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've done my job and I've got the picture out there, and I'm very happy with it.
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I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.
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The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
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I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.
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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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I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.
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Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.
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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
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