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
stuff facts occasional
I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's not so occasional.
heart accomplishment fathom
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.
men games obsession
Obsession is a young man’s game.
real ideas acting
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
talking class ideas
If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.
acting actors looks
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.
girl careers better-now
My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl.
hero long enough
If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.
mean eels class
Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.
coffee want dinner
I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?'
easy harder things-to-do
Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy,"Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up life.
soldier poor backgrounds
I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.
worry insane wipe
I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.
girl character mirrors
When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.