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
jobs ambition golf
If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time job, it's more than a full time job. It's a full time obsession.
married adultery respecting-others
I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others properties.
swimming order people
People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me.
magic ordinary three
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.
relationship space pockets
It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.
communication bursting should
Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
powerful communication people
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.
together sometimes
Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.
girl mother kings
My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said: 'If it's not for sale, you shouldn't put it in the window!'
jobs acting obsession
Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.
blood looks emotion
I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.
thinking old-things want
I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
men actors ifs
I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.
inspirational rich poor
I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.