Michael Caine Quotes

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Michael Caine

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 14, 1933

But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.

Michael Caine

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

Michael Caine

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

Michael Caine

My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.

Michael Caine

My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer, Johnny Gold, who was the boss of Tramp, and Leslie Bricusse, who is a composer.

Michael Caine

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 Caine

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

Michael Caine

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

Michael Caine

I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You'd get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart's 'The Caine Mutiny,' which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I'd gotten my first TV job.

Michael Caine

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

Michael Caine

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.

Michael Caine

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

Michael Caine

Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.

Michael Caine

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

Michael Caine

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Michael Caine

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

Michael Caine

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

Michael Caine

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

Michael Caine

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

Michael Caine

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

Michael Caine