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
answers film performances
I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'
home matter world
I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.
film paid
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
gang percent
80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.
trying feels comfortable
I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.
car transport knows
Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15.
pigs wanted ran
I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.
taken choices drug
I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
home gone roles
I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
editors lazy trying
I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.
jobs hands wings
Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.
selfish want reason
Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.
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.
play interesting people
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.