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 More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal. Michael Caine knives alcohol gun If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. Michael Caine actors ifs I've been in every disco in the world. I saw a picture of my wife Shakira and I dancing in Studio 54; I didn't even know someone had taken that picture. Michael Caine wife dancing taken There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father. Michael Caine over-you two father I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier. Michael Caine theater soldier I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing. Michael Caine doing-nothing actors want I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling. Michael Caine drug choices taken They use those monitors now, and sometimes you'll be doing a shot and then suddenly you see yourself on one of those monitors, and I always say turn the monitor round, I don't want to see myself on the monitor. I never see myself 'til the movie's finished. Michael Caine use want sometimes When you're a young actor you ring your agent every evening. It's not like when you're in Hollywood where you do one picture a year. You just hope you get a day on television. Michael Caine hollywood actors years My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch. Michael Caine couches actors views When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and they've included all those titles, which I don't even remember. I think I've played the lead in about 75 movies. Michael Caine one-day two thinking 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 taught army fun If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it. Michael Caine injustice done mouths Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person. Michael Caine criminals persons play We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party. Michael Caine vote party country I was in Korea. I've noticed all my life I see elderly people who have been close to death in an illness and they're absolutely cured and they say, now I know how to live my life. I've seen death. That happened to me when I was 19. It was a terrible, terrifying thing. And I live my life like those people decided to do when they were old. So, 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 elderly army fun I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio. Michael Caine laughter father years I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor. Michael Caine betting actors men I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore. Michael Caine girl challenges needs I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. Michael Caine cinema reading book
