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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. — 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 Image
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — 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
“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.” — 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 thing I… — 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 a year,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
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 Image
I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
