I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me. Michael Caine More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine 80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them. Michael Caine percent gang I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82. Michael Caine tough I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back. Michael Caine auditions wife idols I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid. Michael Caine paid enjoy I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth. Michael Caine car long world For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart. Michael Caine fathom accomplishment heart Some men just want to watch the world burn Michael Caine crush depressing dark I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that. Michael Caine passing-by successful thinking First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. Michael Caine theatre humorous funny The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them. Michael Caine communication powerful people I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed. Michael Caine ran wanted pigs A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. Michael Caine body may men I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer. Michael Caine rich poor inspirational My view is that you should always remake failures because then you've got nowhere to go but up. Michael Caine nowhere-to-go should views You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more. Michael Caine acting asking long Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk. Michael Caine hey want quiet There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day. Michael Caine get-better talent each-day I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. Michael Caine finest grew-up actors Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day. Michael Caine truth trying reality I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something. Michael Caine real sleep character
