Michael Caine Quotes

"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
-Michael Caine in Actors quotes.

"Film stars to me were always six feet four, had perfect teeth and could do handstands on Malibu Beach - and didn't need glasses."
-Michael Caine in Movies quotes.

"The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years."
-Michael Caine in Actors quotes.

"My name is Michael Caine - not a lot of people know that."
-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 in Choice quotes.

"I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't."
-Michael Caine

"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

"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. [On filming MacHale's Navy]."
-Michael Caine in Life quotes.