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Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
Michael Caine -
I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.
Michael Caine
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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
Michael Caine -
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.
Michael Caine -
Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.
Michael Caine -
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
Michael Caine -
Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
Michael Caine -
To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
Michael Caine
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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.
Michael Caine -
If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.
Michael Caine -
I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.
Michael Caine -
My career is going better now than when I was younger. Now I get the part. Back then, I'd get the girl.
Michael Caine -
It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.
Michael Caine -
If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.
Michael Caine
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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 -
I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me.
Michael Caine -
I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
Michael Caine -
Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
Michael Caine -
I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.
Michael Caine -
If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.
Michael Caine
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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.
Michael Caine -
My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
Michael Caine -
You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.
Michael Caine -
I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
Michael Caine