English - Actor | March 14, 1933 -
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Michael Caine
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My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.
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I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.
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When 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.
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The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.
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You cannot have one bathroom. And it don't matter how much you love your wife and everything, 'cause you wind up with no room at all. You just get a little corner, and you've got a toothbrush and your paste and a shaving brush and a razor.
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I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
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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.
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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.
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Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
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