A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to. — 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
What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
A man should dress in a way that you don't notice. He looks good and you don't know why. But it's the… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person… — 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
