I can't think of one I could see again.
Michael Caine
On how today's "banal" films
pale against cinema classics of the past, in interview with
The Times, September 2006 |
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like
the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine |
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'...
I can't fathom my own heart.
Michael Caine |
My career is going better now than when I was younger. It
used to be that I'd get the girl but not the part. Now I get
the part but not the girl.
Michael Caine |
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film,
barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the
bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very
eyes.
Michael Caine |
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without
excuse.
Michael Caine |
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor
for 20 years.
Michael Caine |
First of all, I choose the great [roles], and if none of these
come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I
choose the ones that pay the rent.
Michael Caine |
My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
Michael Caine
Spoken in Alfie, 1966 |
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak
slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't
speak fast nobody will listen to them.
Michael Caine |
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