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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Film stars to me were always six feet four, had perfect teeth and could do handstands on Malibu Beach - and didn't need glasses
stars play roles
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
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When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.
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A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.
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If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.
stars character interesting
For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?
stars lying age
You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.
movie stars differences
The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'
stars wife half
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
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To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.
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Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
stars character actors
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
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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.
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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.