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
hate luxury car
The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.
thinking track people
It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'
believe cutting cake
When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
years giving people
I had an extraordinary belief in myself. For years people told me to give it up and even though I was poverty- stricken, I never thought I should give it up.
hey want quiet
Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.
views actors couches
My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.
get-better each-day talent
There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.
waiting listening acting
Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.
pounds film said
My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'
thinking long actors
If you're an actor and you don't act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still do it.
believe mines i-believe
Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.
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.
writing actors comedy
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
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.