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 wife half
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
love-you thinking wind
You cannot have one bathroom. And it don't matter how much you love your wife and everything, 'cause you wind up with no room at all. You just get a little corner and you've got a toothbrush and your paste and a shaving brush and a razor. And you can never get in there. So you must have two bathrooms. You really must. I think it's essential.
nice hero dark
My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.
blonde invisible stage
If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.
listening actors crafts
Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.
writing special looks
What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write; and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
autumn garden tree
I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.
life-lesson looks lessons
It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
wife stuff wonderful
There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
depression crazy mental-illness
You're never too old to be crazy.
writing actors comedy
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
reading book library
I spent my life in the library reading books.
magic ordinary three
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.
movie thinking acting
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.