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I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

Michael Caine

Conviction

End

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

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

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

Michael Caine

Books

Influence

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

Michael Caine

American

Quiet

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

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

Life

Time

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

Michael Caine

English

Speech

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

Michael Caine

Comedy

Writing

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

Michael Caine

Choice

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

Talent

Actor

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

Michael Caine

Class