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
actors want saws
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
careers awards firsts
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
home boys want
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.
bigs blockbuster
I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.
next obsessed
I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.
scripts retired ifs
My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
successful remember wealthy
You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
promise grandfather world
I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you.
wine red drink
I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.
years oscars patient
Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.
afterlife
I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.
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.
voice done mouths
I've done a lot of radio in my life so I am absolutely used of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.
actors ifs
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.