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There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father.
Michael Caine -
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?
Michael Caine
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If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.
Michael Caine -
My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.
Michael Caine -
There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, so I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.
Michael Caine -
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.
Michael Caine -
I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?'
Michael Caine -
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
Michael Caine
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I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.
Michael Caine -
You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.
Michael Caine -
A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.
Michael Caine -
January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
Michael Caine -
As an actor, I'll play anything.
Michael Caine -
Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.
Michael Caine
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The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.
Michael Caine -
You're never too old to be crazy.
Michael Caine -
I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
Michael Caine -
I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.
Michael Caine -
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.
Michael Caine -
I've done my job and I've got the picture out there, and I'm very happy with it.
Michael Caine
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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.
Michael Caine -
I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.
Michael Caine -
You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
Michael Caine -
I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.
Michael Caine