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
understanding pleasure
My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
inspiring dream impossible
I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.
reading book cinema
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.
knowing people hell
I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.
thinking ems weak
I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.
men clothes looks
A man should dress in a way that you don't notice. He looks good and you don't know why. But it's the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
reading book library
I spent my life in the library reading books.
birthday sad men
I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.
regret aquarius acting
I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.
growing-up book elephants
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
father stuff causes
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.
drama writing scripts
Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
directors actors stage
If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
dollars nightmare cockneys
I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.