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
gun knives alcohol
In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.
country party vote
We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.
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In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.
regret optimistic lasts
I don't have any regrets because I'm very optimistic, and live each day as though it's the last.
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I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.
circles actors circle-of-friends
My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always off somewhere.
actors ifs
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.
people acting looks
You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.
successful remember wealthy
You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
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I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.
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I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes.
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I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.
men thinking want
I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.
actors want doing-nothing
I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.