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!
MICHAEL CAINEHollywood 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!
MICHAEL CAINEA 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.
MICHAEL CAINETo me, growing old is great. It’s the very best thing – considering the alternative.
MICHAEL CAINEYou don’t sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.
MICHAEL CAINEFunny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.
MICHAEL CAINEAs an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don’t have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it’s a nightmare. So, I like film – nice short takes.
MICHAEL CAINEI’ve never taken drugs – if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.
MICHAEL CAINEFirst 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 CAINEI never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.
MICHAEL CAINEMy understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.
MICHAEL CAINEThis is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
MICHAEL CAINEIn my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.
MICHAEL CAINEMy mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, ‘How much is that?’
MICHAEL CAINEDo I believe in God? Yes I do. When you’ve had a life like mine, you have to.
MICHAEL CAINEI’m looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.
MICHAEL CAINEWhen 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.
MICHAEL CAINE