I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars. Michael Caine More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine I'm not tough anymore, I'm 82. Michael Caine tough I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back. Michael Caine auditionswifeidols I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid. Michael Caine paidenjoy I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth. Michael Caine carlongworld For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart. Michael Caine fathomaccomplishmentheart Some men just want to watch the world burn Michael Caine crushdepressingdark 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 passing-bysuccessfulthinking 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 theatrehumorousfunny The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them. Michael Caine communicationpowerfulpeople I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed. Michael Caine ranwantedpigs A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. Michael Caine bodymaymen I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer. Michael Caine richpoorinspirational My view is that you should always remake failures because then you've got nowhere to go but up. Michael Caine nowhere-to-goshouldviews You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more. Michael Caine actingaskinglong Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk. Michael Caine heywantquiet There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day. Michael Caine get-bettertalenteach-day I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. Michael Caine finestgrew-upactors Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day. Michael Caine truthtryingreality I've been acting a long time, and I can play a Cockney gangster or a womanizer in my sleep or standing on my head. But what I try to do is I try to find characters that are as far away from me as I possibly can and then make them real. A French Nazi is about as far away from me as I can possibly get without actually going to Mars or something. Michael Caine realsleepcharacter I don't see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life. Michael Caine wander
