Character Quotes by Michael Caine

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

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

— Michael Caine

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

— Michael Caine

“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”

— Michael Caine

I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.

— Michael Caine

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

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

You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.

— Michael Caine

If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.

— Michael Caine

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

— Michael Caine

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

— Michael Caine

I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.

— Michael Caine