Michael Caine Quotes

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

I don't have anything to prove, but I do like to challenge myself.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.

I just want to keep things going. I just love testing myself.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

Probably I'll not be so successful if I will keep everything in myself inside of me.

Every year I try and challenge myself more and more, whether it be acting or everything I do. I just want to try and be better than the year before.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.

The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.

I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.

I have to keep testing myself.

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.