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113 quotes by Michael Caine

Website www.michaelcaine.com Sir Michael Caine, CBE (/keɪn/; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor and author. Renowned for his distinctive Cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is one of the UK's most recognisable actors. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in a number of acclaimed British films, including Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), for which he was...
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie... →

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I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and... →

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What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang... →

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I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.

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To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

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Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

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I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

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I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

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My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of... →

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I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.

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I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

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