Michael Caine Quotes - Page 8

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• I've always played very human sort of characters.

  Michael Caine

  Character, Humans

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• I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

  Michael Caine

  Successful, Thinking, Passing By

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• At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

  Michael Caine

  Girl, Years, Happy Girl

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• One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

  Michael Caine

  Speak, Speed, Cockneys

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• I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

  Michael Caine

  Actors, Finest, Grew Up

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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 cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

  Michael Caine

  Heartbroken, Home, Thinking

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• Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

  Michael Caine

  Fun, Army, Taught

  "Michael Caine: A Life Large Enough For An Encore". "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 30, 2010.

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• Some men just want to watch the world burn

  Michael Caine

  Crush, Depressing, Dark

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• I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

  Michael Caine

  Forever, Competition, Actors

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. April 30, 2010.

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• I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.

  Michael Caine

  Should, Enjoy, Retiring

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• I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

  Michael Caine

  Soldier, Theater

  "Michael Caine: A Life Large Enough For An Encore". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 30, 2010.

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• When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

  Michael Caine

  Acting, Accents, Ifs

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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.

  Michael Caine

  Knowing, People, Hell

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• If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

  Michael Caine

  Blonde, Invisible, Mascara

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• I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.

  Michael Caine

  Awkward, Actors

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• I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

  Michael Caine

  Awards, House, Cider

  "Michael Caine: 'I Spent My Life Doing Something That I Love'". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel and Melissa Block, peconicpublicbroadcasting.org. May 30, 2013.

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• I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.

  Michael Caine

  Men, Thinking, Want

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• God willing, even I might scrape a nomination.

  Michael Caine

  Might, Nominations, Gods Will

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• I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

  Michael Caine

  Hero, Stuff, Used

  "The Prestige - Michael Caine interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

  Michael Caine

  Answers, Film, Performances

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• I learn the whole time. I think it would be dull if I thought I was going to work and wouldn't find something new. We always learn.

  Michael Caine

  Thinking, Would Be, Dull

  "Interview: Michael Caine And Katie Holmes". Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. June 7, 2005.

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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.

  Michael Caine

  America, Film, Foreigners

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• I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

  Michael Caine

  Stars, Character, Transition

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• 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

  Fame, Flatmates, Restaurants

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• I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you.

  Michael Caine

  Promise, Grandfather, World

  Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. December 20, 2015.

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