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
stars lying age
You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.
stuff choosy
I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like.
achievement lifetime trenches
I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.
done mouths injustice
If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.
heartbroken home thinking
I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.
oscars chance seventies
By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?
house cider england
For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.
thinking who-i-am people
A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.
real acting disappear
I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
trying lucky film
In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.
hero stuff young
I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.
knows
I didn't know what I knew. I wasn't aware of what I knew.
promise directors casts
No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.
should enjoy retiring
I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.