Quotes by Michael Caine

About Michael Caine:

Sir Michael Caine is 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.
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I'm the audience's representative on earth.

Michael Caine

You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.

Michael Caine

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

Michael Caine

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

Michael Caine

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

Michael Caine

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

Michael Caine

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.

Michael Caine

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

Michael Caine

As an actor, I'll play anything.

Michael Caine

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

Michael Caine

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.

Michael Caine

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

Michael Caine

I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it.

Michael Caine

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

Michael Caine

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.

Michael Caine

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

Michael Caine

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

Michael Caine

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Michael Caine

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

Michael Caine

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

Michael Caine

I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.

Michael Caine

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Caine
  • DescriptionEnglish actor and author
  • AliasesMaurice Joseph Micklewhite
  • BornMarch 14, 1933
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Writer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actor; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Donostia Award