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
insane lunatic-asylums towns
Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!
thinking dull would-be
I learn the whole time. I think it would be dull if I thought I was going to work and wouldn't find something new. We always learn.
funny stupid silly
Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
girl years happy-girl
At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.
play actors
As an actor, I'll play anything.
tough
I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82.
stars america firsts
Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
actors three natural
The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.
fame barbers menus
In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.
fun regret sitting
I never regret anything. I always said that when I'm old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn't do; and now I'm old, and I don't regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I'm still having it.
stars character actors
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
positive book reading
I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
talking waiting scripts
I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
hiking acting climbs
When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.