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
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.'
film paid
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
america film foreigners
I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
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.
years film wanted
I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
pounds film said
My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'
house hollywood film
I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
full held ovation quite regard standing talent threw town
The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
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.
europeans fancy passing secret successful
I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.
boys people
People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors.
michael
Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed.
alright medical time
Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.
movies people
I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.