Michael Caine Quotes - Page 6

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• No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one.

  Michael Caine

  Promise, Directors, Casts

  Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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• 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

  Talking, Class, Ideas

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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.

  Michael Caine

  Idols, Wife, Auditions

  "Michael Caine meets William Orbit". www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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• 80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.

  Michael Caine

  Gang, Percent

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. April 30, 2010.

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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

  Character, Play, Years

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. April 30, 2010.

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• I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.

  Michael Caine

  Enjoy, Paid

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 18, 2003.

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• You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.

  Michael Caine

  Retiring

  Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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• I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82.

  Michael Caine

  Tough

  Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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• I've always played very human sort of characters.

  Michael Caine

  Character, Humans

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• I'd like it to be remembered as you had some fun. We're only here [living] for some fun. I think if you learn something, all well and good, but we're only here to give you some fun. Along the way, you may find out something.

  Michael Caine

  Fun, Thinking, Giving

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• I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.

  Michael Caine

  Voice, Done, Mouths

  "Michael Caine Interview CARS 2". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 2, 2011.

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• How can I change me to suit the script?

  Michael Caine

  Scripts, Suits

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'

  Michael Caine

  Thinking, People, Track

  "Michael Caine meets William Orbit". Interview with William Orbit, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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• I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.

  Michael Caine

  Afterlife

  "Q & A: Oscar-Winning Michael Caine Asks “Is Anybody There?”". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2009.

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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

  Makeup, Looks, Want

  "Master class" by Zoe Williams, www.theguardian.com. January 3, 2006.

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• Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

  Michael Caine

  Listening, Actors, Crafts

  Michael Caine (2000). “Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making”, p.69, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

  Michael Caine

  Successful, Thinking, Passing By

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• At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

  Michael Caine

  Girl, Years, Happy Girl

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• To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

  Michael Caine

  Stars, Acting, Movie Star

  Michael Caine (2000). “Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making”, p.137, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

  Michael Caine

  Speak, Speed, Cockneys

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

  Michael Caine

  Actors, Finest, Grew Up

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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.

  Michael Caine

  Soldier, Poor, Backgrounds

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• Some men just want to watch the world burn

  Michael Caine

  Crush, Depressing, Dark

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• 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

  Car, Transport, Knows

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• I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

  Michael Caine

  Forever, Competition, Actors

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. April 30, 2010.

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