Michael Caine Quotes
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Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.
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I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
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I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.
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I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.
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My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always off somewhere.
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As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.
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I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol, but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.
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I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.
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My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said: 'If it's not for sale, you shouldn't put it in the window!'
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Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
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If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.
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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.
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We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.
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If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.
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I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.
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You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.
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One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.
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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?
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Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.
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I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.
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I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.