Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBEis an English actor and author. Renowned for his distinctive working class cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is regarded as a British film icon...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1933
CityLondon, England
Michael Caine quotes about
stars play roles
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
coal-miners actors photographer
I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.
reading book cinema
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.
achievement lifetime trenches
I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.
stuff choosy
I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like.
father stuff causes
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.
awkward actors
I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.
actors reactions ifs
If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.
tough
I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82.
pistols actors vote
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.
texas next clue
My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.
together sometimes
Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.
years guy theatre
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
use actors british
We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.