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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
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Film Actor
Stage 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'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
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Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books
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You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
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I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.
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I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
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The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.
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I feel that I helped the working class by just saying there are no barriers, which I consider to be true.
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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'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.
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Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.
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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.
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I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.
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Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.
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