Quote by Michael Caine
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come,

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they dont come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. – Michael Caine

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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who cant deal with a woman of their own age. – Michael Caine

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I feel like 35. At 35 youre old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35! – Michael Caine

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The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly –because if they dont speak fast nobody will listen to them. – Michael Caine

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A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. – Eleanor Robson Belmont

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The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. – Roland Barthes

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An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role. – Eleanor Robson Belmont

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The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history. – Thomas Campbell

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