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
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.
acting pals too-much
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
heartbroken home thinking
I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.
positive book reading
I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
motivational actors talent
I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
ovation towns talent
The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
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.
awards house cider
I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.
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.'
done mouths injustice
If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.
hands laughing frustrated
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.
laughing people cry
I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.
comedy problem mediocre
One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.
dirt theater treated
I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.