At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.
MICHAEL CAINEDon’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.
More Michael Caine Quotes
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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 don’t see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.
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You’ve got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
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My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
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When I look in the mirror, I see someone who’s happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I’ve had success as I’ve gotten older, because I’m able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
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You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.
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Use the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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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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You can’t get blase about something you haven’t done yet.
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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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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny.
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There’s quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
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A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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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 company!
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I’m not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I’m still battling it out in the trenches.
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When you reach the top, that’s when the climb begins.
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You don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
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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 knowledge. So I stayed at 35!
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It’s vital to have your own space so you aren’t constantly in each other’s pockets.
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Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
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Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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