English - Actor | March 14, 1933 -
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine
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When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
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To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
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What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
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I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.
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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.
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The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'
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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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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.
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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.
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Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
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At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.
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