The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're an actor and you don't act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British Actor for twenty years — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
“In a close-up, choose just one eye of the actor you’re playing opposite, don’t skip between the eyes or you will just… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When you're a young actor you ring your agent every evening. It's not like when you're in Hollywood where you do one… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real… — Michael Caine Copy Share
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine Copy Share
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share
You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I… — Michael Caine Copy Share
I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year,… — Michael Caine Copy Share
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share
I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward. — Michael Caine Copy Share
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up… — Michael Caine Copy Share
![“Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very eyes. [On filming MacHale's Navy]” quote by Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a23/michael-caine-1152_actor_such-is-an-actor-s-life-we-must-ride-the_2792046.jpg)
