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> [To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/to-me-educating-rita-is-the-most-perfect-performance-i-could-give-of/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

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## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/that-to-me-is-what-my-idea-of-film-acting-should-be-there-shouldn-t/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/theater-acting-is-an-operation-with-a-scalpel-movie-acting-is-an/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/if-you-re-a-leading-actor-you-don-t-work-with-another-actor-you-work/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/be-a-duck-remain-calm-on-the-surface-and-paddle-like-hell-underneath/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-try-to-make-everyone-around-me-feel-comfortable/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/you-can-see-all-sorts-of-things-in-film-acting-if-you-know-where-to/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-was-a-repertory-actor-which-meant-that-i-did-a-play-every-week-i/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/you-start-pretending-to-have-fun-you-might-have-a-little-by-accident/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/if-you-held-a-pistol-at-my-head-i-couldn-t-tell-you-who-they-re-going/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-wear-a-baseball-cap-all-the-time-which-i-would-never-normally-wear/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-ve-always-loved-reprehensible-people-because-they-re-so-much-more/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-want-to-stick-around-with-the-big-boys-i-don-t-want-to-be-in-the/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/i-ve-been-on-movies-where-i-literally-couldn-t-hear-what-the-other/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/my-father-was-a-fish-market-porter-so-i-grew-up-on-fish-because-he/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

> [The trouble with women? Elbows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/the-trouble-with-women-elbows/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

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