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
laughter father years
I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.
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.
awards house cider
I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.
men thinking want
I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.
actors want doing-nothing
I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.
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.'
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.
film paid
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
gang percent
80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.
trying feels comfortable
I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.
car transport knows
Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15.
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.
taken choices drug
I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
home gone roles
I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.