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
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You're a big man but you're in bad shape' from Get Carter
career girl
My career is going better now than when I was younger. It used to be that I'd get the girl but not the part. Now I get the part but not the girl.
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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.
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I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
careers awards firsts
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
girl careers better-now
My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl.
winning careers awards
It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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.
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I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with this intelligence and a million dollars
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The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
movies people
I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.
happy journey whether work
It's been a long, long journey. I just wanted to see whether I could get a nomination. And I've got one, I'm happy now and my work is done.
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Film stars to me were always six feet four, had perfect teeth and could do handstands on Malibu Beach - and didn't need glasses
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What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.