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1. "Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath." ~ Michael Caine

2. "Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books" ~ Michael Caine

3. "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch." ~ Michael Caine

4. "Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,"Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up life." ~ Michael Caine

5. "I told him that the lawyers were always saying 'You can't say that you'll get sued.' He said to me, 'Write fiction Michael, you can tell the truth.' (Kirk Douglas to Michael Caine)" ~ Michael Caine

6. "Actually, I'm really quite vain about the whole problem because I figure there is no competition - I am what I am, and either I am needed as that or I'm not suitable anyway." ~ Michael Caine

7. "It's a lesson in life—don't look back, you'll trip over." ~ Michael Caine

8. "you lose your temper in front of people you do not know, you lose their respect and it is almost impossible to win it back. You must keep control—if you cannot control yourself, then you have no chance of controlling others." ~ Michael Caine

9. "In a close-up, choose just one eye of the actor you're playing opposite, don't skip between the eyes or you will just look shifty;" ~ Michael Caine

10. "Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath." ~ Michael Caine

11. "Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old." ~ Michael Caine

12. "...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn." ~ Michael Caine

13. "My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." ~ Michael Caine

14. "I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead." ~ Michael Caine

15. "I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point." ~ Michael Caine

16. "I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age." ~ Michael Caine

17. "I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own." ~ Michael Caine

18. "The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years." ~ Michael Caine

19. "I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans." ~ Michael Caine

20. "For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart." ~ Michael Caine

21. "Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think." ~ Michael Caine

22. "I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money." ~ Michael Caine

23. "I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it." ~ Michael Caine

24. "The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse." ~ Michael Caine

25. "At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either." ~ Michael Caine

26. "I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me." ~ Michael Caine

27. "Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas." ~ Michael Caine

28. "As an actor, I'll play anything." ~ Michael Caine

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