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Michael Caine
Michael Caine
English Actor
Born: Mar 14, 1933
Actor Me Own People Think You
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I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter. Michael Caine
Good Sort Boy Door Next Next Door
The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something. Michael Caine
Me Threw Something Ovation Talent Town Quite Regard Held Full Standing
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one. Michael Caine
Good You Bad Get Same Paid Film
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. Michael Caine
Too Much Slow Too Say Wayne John John Wayne Most Talk Came Tip Low Much Acting Useful Pal
I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead. Michael Caine
People Think TV Dead Am Movies Many
As an actor, I'll play anything. Michael Caine
Anything Actor Play
I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition. Michael Caine
Myself Competition Sense No Sense Testing Forever Person Actor
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. Michael Caine
Love Me Wife Will Half Partner Intertwined Other Like Also She Always Still Been Very Anything Movies Much Each Star Film Film Star
Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company! Michael Caine
Health Farm Insane Asylum Cross Recreation Between Town Like Happen Center Hollywood Company
In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor. Michael Caine
America England Cockney Actor
Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to. Michael Caine
Life God You Believe Mine Had Like Yes
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
Character Year Every Characters Week Doing Repertory Did Different Which Meant Actor Play
Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed. Michael Caine
Me You Wonderful Way Say Put Failed Michael Michael Caine Sitting Movie Then Actor Watching
I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers. Michael Caine
Day Meet Spend Miners All Day Photographers Composers Coal Actor
But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about. Michael Caine
Religion You Class People About Point Take Colour Had Came Were Left Behind Sixties Us Your Whole
I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers. Michael Caine
People Become Rich Hell Extremely Slightly Financiers Envious Like Knowing Without Always Anyone Who
I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you. Michael Caine
You Think Retire Movies
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
You Looking Mark Right Place One Thing See He Know Look Sort His Often Where Place Shot Notice Stand Acting Film Actor Film Acting Right Thing Things
The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all. Michael Caine
First Wear Look First Thing Makeup Any The First Thing Want Crappy Really Thing
I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work. Michael Caine
Life Work Home Family Me Gone Say Wrap Totally Ruthless Never Role Moment Professional They Say Bring
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. Michael Caine
Library World Paradise Books Window Castle Were Up Very Which Rough Growing Growing Up Elephant
I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes. Michael Caine
Me You Laugh Minutes Comic Go Hand Get Microphone Frustrated Then Stand-Up Comic
Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15. Michael Caine
Me Car Had Know Until Always Am Been Aficionado Just Anyone Transport Who Even
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
Own Films My Own Rita Ideal Performance Come Answer Always Am Educating Closest Often Which Asked
Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell. Michael Caine
You Business Waiting Comedy Job Live Appropriate Tell Nerve-Racking Wings Writers Between Come Most Hand Off Very Done Gag Much Show Show Business Ever Oscars Presenting
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. Michael Caine
People On-Screen More Because Always Reprehensible Screen Loved Interesting Much Play
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