Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day. Michael Caine More Quotes by Michael Caine More Quotes From Michael Caine In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor. Michael Caine england actors america I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you. Michael Caine retiring thinking 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 mascara invisible blonde Someone said to me the other day: "Well, you're eventually going to live until 110." And I said: "Well, who's going to keep me? What age do I retire? 100?" How are you going to live all those years and who is going to keep you doing it? I have a couple of grandchildren now so I'm banking on them. Michael Caine grandchildren couple years What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. Michael Caine special writing looks In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it. Michael Caine getting-older opinion enough One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem. Michael Caine mediocre comedy problem If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero. Michael Caine enough hero long I spent my life in the library reading books. Michael Caine library reading book That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person. Michael Caine acting real ideas No English director would've cast me as an officer, I promise you. Not one. Michael Caine casts directors promise I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you. Michael Caine grandfather promise world There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance. Michael Caine black actors giving In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London. Michael Caine height real people 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 would-be dull thinking If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over. Michael Caine gardener gym needs I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me. Michael Caine morning fun years I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done. Michael Caine actors done order People say to me, why did you do those films, and I say, for money. It wasn't for diamond rings or kidney shaped swimming pools in Beverly Hills, it was in order to improve the lot of everyone around me. Michael Caine swimming order people I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now. Michael Caine drink red wine
