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
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.
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.
stars character actors
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
hate two people
There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
garbage-cans america oscars
January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
acting accents ifs
When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
always-trying actors lasts
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
want use sometimes
They use those monitors now, and sometimes you'll be doing a shot and then suddenly you see yourself on one of those monitors, and I always say turn the monitor round, I don't want to see myself on the monitor. I never see myself 'til the movie's finished.