All Michael Caine Quotes
- Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons. Acting
- Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the… Asylum
- I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. Actor
- I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the… Feel
- I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. American
- I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's… Fact
- I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter. Acting
- I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition. Actor
- I'm the audience's representative on earth. Acting
- If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking. Inspirational
- January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. All
- My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work. Absolutely
- Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award. Available
- The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something. Full
- Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture. Class
- To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times. Character
- When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right. Accent
- I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm… Actor
- I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the… American
- If you go away on location for three months and your wife stays at home, you've made a whole new load of friends and she's… Friends
- Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if… Acting
- My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The… All
- My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is… All
- The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain… Accent
- The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to… Actor