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When I look in the mirror, I ...

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I am a great admirer of other...

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

You can see all sorts of thin...

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 323 quotes

I come from the slums; I come...

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I used to get the girl; now I...

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.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I feel like 35. At 35 you're ...

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 323 quotes

I just love to go home, no ma...

I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

Growing up, there was only cl...

Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I was born Maurice Joseph Mic...

I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

If you go away on location fo...

If you go away on location for three months and your wife stays at home, you've made a whole new load of friends and she's made a whole new load of friends and you get home and you're kind of strangers.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

If someone is very upper-clas...

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 323 quotes

I don't worry about the last ...

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

People say I've 'retained' my...

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I regard myself as someone wh...

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

My view of actors is that bas...

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I regard the theater as a wom...

I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

I've always loved reprehensib...

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

Michael Caine 323 quotes

When you're a movie star and ...

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 323 quotes

Let me put it this way: If yo...

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 323 quotes

Presenting the Oscars was the...

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 323 quotes

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